Hello, I'm Kurt
My name is Kurt Robinson. I am a rapper, a podcaster and a writer. I'm an Australian living in Mexico.
Introduction
Hi, my name is Kurt Robinson. I'm 32 years old. I was born and raised in Australia, but now I live in Mexico.Here are a few things which are important to me.
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Communication
Looking back through my life, all of the jobs I've had, and all of the arts I've been involved in, all of them were somehow orbiting around the central theme of communication. I suppose as a child I had such a lack of communicative skill, that to see someone talk to and charm a stranger seemed something like something magical. Now, I have been an actor, a song-writer, a door-to-door salesman, a "pick-up artist", a writer, ESL teacher, and a podcaster (http://www.theparadiseparadox.com), among other things.Honesty
Years ago, I went on a workshop to learn how to meet women. The instructor asked me what my ultimate goal was, what direction I wanted this educational event to set me on. I didn't say that I wanted a beautiful girlfriend, picking up tens, meeting the love of my life. I said "rockstar confidence". For a long time, I had valued honesty, and I knew the more confident I was, the more honest I could be. Of course, that has got me into trouble many, many times.The Muse
The highest role of an artist is to convey the sublime. The Greeks said that poets communicated with the Muses, being raised up towards the heavens, and when they came back down they could transcribe what they had experienced. Today, we might view that as a superstition, but I believe there is some truth to it.I remember an interview with Paul Simon where he said normally the hook line of the song would come to him first, a nice shiny new phrase, and he would have to find a way to construct a song around it, guiding and weaving the words, to lead them to this inevitable climax.
Often, when I have a peak experience, I immediately start trying ways to convey the idea that has been revealed to me - to take this piece of the divine and transmute it into a terrestrial form.
Integrity
Many times when I write songs, I try to present a thesis. I write a song like an essay, trying to lead the listener along my line of thinking to bring them to a conclusion, in order to enhance their understanding, or open their mind to my perspective.I remember when I performed at Anarchapulco this year, just a short set of three songs. A fellow came up to me afterwards and said that he'd never been interested in hip hop until that moment, but he could hear that I had put a lot of research into my songs. My friend Maverick said that he was impressed with the artistry of the lyrics - that many rappers will merely include the odd reference to a political theme, but in my songs he noticed that every line was aligned with the purpose of the track - a quality which Ayn Rand might call "integrity", complete internal congruence. Those were nice compliments.
Conclusion
So, that's what I'm about. Feel free to say hi. If you're in Guadalajara, we can go for a pulque. My Twitter is https://twitter.com/troublebubble, and you can find our podcast, where we talk about crazy ideas for open-minded people, at http://theparadiseparadox.com/![](https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://i.imgsafe.org/dff7eda5e1.jpeg)
Your blog is great. I will bookmark.
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Welcome brother, make yourself at home!
Thanks my friend
Hi Kurt, welcome to Steemit!
Hello Kurt! Keep on blogging. Hope this community will empower your network activities!
Glad to have on board, I'm reaching out to all the underground hiphopers I can to get them on here... really hoping @snaktheripper shows up and the others I have been chatting up about it. About time artist got paid for the amount of traffic they bring to sites like Facebook.
Cheers to you
That's an awesome way to present an introduction.
Nice to meet you Kurt! I am new here and so very excited to share blogs in the world of the spiritual... Question for you, have you ever encountered a "transaction failed" pop up box message when attempting to submit a blog? I'm having trouble trying to post, and trouble trying to find answers why I'm having this message. I mean, my blog post looks legit and ready to go. I've tried looking for support on this to no avail, or even youtube. Nothing. I tried logging out and going back in and the same message appears...
Sorry I missed this comment buddy. I have a few ideas - do you still have this problem?
I'm an American living in Mexico City! If you're ever in DF, holler. I am brand new to Steemit, so it would be cool to chat with someone who has a little more experience with it. Saludos!
-Michele
Hi Michele, actually I'm probably going to DF next month. If you want to chat, hit me up on steemit.chat. My handle is the same as on here
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