Find Your Light

This picture is from going to see Sloan for the first time - despite being a long time fan... like 15 years long. About 1 am after the show, I got a CD autographed and had brief conversations with everyone in the band, and as my husband took pictures using his phone, Chris Murphy moved us over to the edge of the stage and positioned us in one of the few lights that remained on while the crew broke down equipment. He looked at John, smiled, and told me "find your light."

It was a moment that I keep returning to, it was a really thoughtful gesture. Not that I was in any way surprised that a Canadian bassist would be polite, thoughtful, and sincere in general - but that after playing shows for 20 years and taking countless pictures with giddy fans there was no sense of "this gets old" or "not again" or anything like that. It's a great thing to do what you love with your life and to have other people enjoy it, benefit from it, and be inspired by it.