I had the honour of interviewing one of my heroes, Whispering Bob Harris, a few years ago. Here is his view of the impact Mick Ronson had on the career of David Bowie. #DavidBowie
The Persona That Saved You… Is Now Destroying You.
Carl Jung believed that most people don’t suffer because they are weak.
They suffer because they have performed a false version of themselves for so long… that they no longer remember who they really are.
You call it “being mature.” Society calls it “being normal.” But Jung called it The Persona l, the psychological mask designed to earn approval, avoid rejection, and survive social judgment.
At first, the mask protects you. It helps you fit in. People praise you for being calm, successful, disciplined, kind.
But slowly, something changes happens:
The mask becomes more loved than the real self behind it.
And the moment your Persona becomes your identity… your soul begins to starve in silence.
This is why many people feel emotionally numb even after achieving everything they once wanted. Because the world rewarded the mask… while the authentic self remained buried in the unconscious.
Jung warned that whatever you suppress does not disappear. It descends into the Shadow.
Your anger.
Your forbidden desires.
Your grief.
Your ambition.
Your wildness.
Your truth.
And one day, the Shadow stops asking politely to be seen.
It erupts through anxiety, emotional exhaustion, identity crises, self-sabotage, sudden rage, or the unbearable feeling that your life no longer feels like yours.
The dangerous part is this:
Most people will spend their entire lives protecting the Persona… while slowly becoming strangers to themselves.
Individuation begins the moment you stop asking:
"How do people see me?" And start asking:
"Who am I without the mask?" That question changes everything.
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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the release of 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗩𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿’s sixth studio album, with many feeling that none of their later releases surpassed it.
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What is your favorite track from the album?