Have you been feeling useless...? (poetry spoken word + music)

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Have you been feeling useless…?
???? Like you no longer offer the value that you once did…
???? Like your time is over…
???? Like your services are no longer needed…
???? Like your brain has been broken and left behind by a rapidly changing world…
Have you been feeling used…?
???? Unappreciated…
???? Siphoned of your energy…
???? Like you give more than you receive…
???? Like your time and information is always extracted
for nothing in return but hollow sensation…
Or have you been using others…?
???? Searching only for those who will benefit your social standing…
???? Ignoring those whose shoulders lift you…
???? Like you view life through a transactional lens
where everything relates to money, metrics, optimization…
Are these the only two choices…
user or used?
What if…
I don’t want to use you…
but I don’t want to be used by you…?

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Fruitless... is an album of music and book of poetry written by Daniel to music produced by Ogi Feel the Beat with art by Tanate Asami... The story: A mask maker accepts that he will never earn an invite to the famed garden of immortals and begins creating for himself. But when the garden takes notice, he finds himself with one more opportunity to fulfill his fantasies... The book: Includes a 90-page poetic story, illustrated by Tanate Asami, that weaves together the lyrics of the album into a sweeping narrative. It's a big collection (276 pages!) but breaks up nicely into 3 parts. The music: Lush, complex, and ambitious in its scope, the 1+ hour of music is produced by trip hop musician Ogi Feel the Beat and performed by the poet to capture the rich rhythms of the text. (Some people have said how much reading along with the music has given them a deeper appreciation of both.)