In this special first episode of a three-part series, Barry jumps right into conversation with Buckethead (Brian Patrick Carroll) getting into the depths of LBD and how it has actually opened Barry’s life up more than ever. It has helped him to start living with an open heart, truly allowing others in.
Barry talks about relying on higher forces to help guide his work especially in the last couple of years. Barry relates it to Buckethead playing guitar, it feels as if something is speaking through him, whether it’s God or his subconscious, something greater. Buckethead brings up that practitioners of Barry’s caliber have a method and approach, instead Barry’s is much more reliant of what needs to be said or conveyed from higher forces.
Buckethead talks about the first time he saw Barry over 20 years ago, the crossroads of his life and understanding that your identity can either be derived from within or the outside world. The problem with deriving your identity from the outside world, is that the outside world comes to define you and even limit you in certain ways. Barry explains that when we look to the outside world to define us we allow other people to limit our potential—defining ourselves by how people see us rather than by what we put out into the world.
They go even further to talk about the balance between rejection and validation. How it can throw you off quickly. By going back to what you are putting out in the world, you discover who you are and the world does as well. How will you put yourself out into the world this week?
With love,
Barry & Buckethead
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