>>33535026
Agreed. If you’re not being ostracized or feel like leading a double life, you’re not doing it right.
I’ll give you an example. I was homeless in PDX and made a whole network of friends by frequenting 24-hat coffee shops and being a character. It worked, and I was able to get off the streets. These people never knew i played music professionally (I played at CBGBs, L’Amour Rocks, etc), so when I started to KILL at an open mic, one of the baristas was pissed. They had pigeonholed me as the homeless dude that they were “helping out” when in fact I was a talented dude down on his luck. It was as if I wasn’t allowed to excel and I soon found I want as welcome as I once was because I was now “competition”.