4/15
It's been a few weeks and I've settled a little more here in Tokyo. One of the first things I did when I landed was buy your instrument of choice. It's raining out so I've done nothing but play guitar all day.
Despite what I said in the first letter, I haven't seen much of what you wanted to see or done much of what you wanted to do in Tokyo. I visited the Skytree yesterday but that's about it, work has been taking a lot of my free time.
Have you heard the phrase "Jack of all trades master of none?" It was popularized by Robert Greene, a writer I find similarities in myself with. Ironically, the person he directed that insult towards became the greatest writer in history. While Greene was forgotten to the annals of time, William Shakespeare rose to fame. And thus the full quote became "Jack of all trades master of none, though oftentimes better than master of one."
But I don't think that's true.
In what world is a man who wrote hundreds of sonnets and dozens of plays not a master of one? William Shakespeare spent his whole life writing. Those are the kinds of talents who become successful. There doesn't exist a world where I spend my whole life mastering one thing.
I just want to be acknowledged for what I create. I don't have the same passion for art that you do for music. You have a talent that I could never possess, in fact you are the most talented person I've ever met in my life. Every chord you strummed on that electric guitar, every arpeggio you played on the keyboard, every word in your lyrics, it all told a perfected story. I regret that I never said it. You mastered music, and if I could tell you one thing to your face now, it would be just that. Your music is beautiful.
Not that you would care much, right? You only create music for yourself.