Annie,
It’s more that I’m suggesting what is potentially a different angle to thinking about yourself as a creative artist.
Both Jay-Z and Springsteen saw the, for lack of a better word, ‘mythic’ in their stories (which is hard to do from the inside) and used it to create their personas, which in many different ways informed the songs they wrote – and vice versa.
They’re ‘artists’, stars, not just songwriters. But I also found it interesting to think about this approach as it relates to writing for singers and helping them, through our songwriting, to define their persona, their myth… The songs any artist sings play a big part in doing that.
As always, thanks for reading and writing.
TC

Thanks, Charity!
TC