Why I Disappeared - How Bowie’s Advice Changed my Attitude

*If you’ve come here looking for a video that’s 100% about Bowie because he’s in the thumbnail, I apologise. This video is about a lot of things, Bowie is one of them (although probably the most pivotal). Skip to 9mins in to watch Bowie stuff (albeit without the context)* My YouTube absence explained, and what I learnt about remaining creative in hard times. Where have I been? Why haven’t I been making videos? Why did someone take legal action against me? And what can we learn from David Bowie to make us more productive and successful in our own work? 00:00 Intro 00:22 Part 1: ’The Tortured Artist’ myth 02:06 Part 2: The Letter 04:09 Part 3: Legal Action 07:37 Part 4: Mental Health 09:03 Part 5: Attitude — What Bowie taught me All music made by me. Music at the start is my version of Henry Purcell’s _Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary_ (this was written in 1695 and the composition is therefore in the public domain. Can someone please expla