Shiny rockstar clothes

As I am about to cut out shiny stars to stick on my new rock star clothes, I started thinking about art and celebrity. 2 wild separate beasts that need their own attention and yet one can not survive without the other. Indeed all my favourite artists who I often compare myself against to make sure I'm not "selling out" are massive celebrities. David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, etc etc. All amazing artists and huge celebrities. People like Shakespeare, da Vinci, Mozart, Beethoven and such were hugely famous in their day, mostly rich and are even more celebrated today. So why this squeemishness I have about sticking a shiny star on my jacket? Why the fear of standing out, even though I'm putting myself in front of people to play them a song, why am I afraid a glitter thing is going to far? Is art even art without celebrity, but with celebrity does it just become a product we sell to the most appreciative niche?
I'm just a tin of baked beans sitting on the other shelf with all the other brands of baked beans. And now I have a shiny star

I am doing this regularly dammit

I've been a very bad blogger. I find its hard to regularly do all the things you're supposed to regularly do when you're a musician. On top of the basic stuff, like trying to write amazing songs, improve as a performer, singing and guitar practice to stay on top of the skill part and practice existing songs; there's all the other stuff like blogging, staying in touch with fans, updating web sites, planning recordings, organising musicians, planning and booking shows, graphic design, are my photos getting old and do I need to organise a new shoot? are my recordings getting old do I need to get something out right now? do I need to sell merchandise, what do people like, why would people buy something with my face on it anyway? how do I get in touch with people, how do I get in front of record labels, publishing labels, real fans? how do I sell my stuff without being there to hand each copy out personally? why am I spending so much time on internet marketing when its only 10% of music sales? what is effective marketing, publicity and advertising, what do I know about that crap I'm a freaking musician? why am I spending so much time and money doing all these things when I don't know how many people are seeing/reading/taking notice/caring about any of it? How do I afford my rent next week?
So yes, I've been letting the blogging slide a little bit. But dammit, I'm determined. I'm going to get up in the morning, eat my toast, take a shower (most days anyway) then sit down and write a blog...