JM Pontificates on the New Rules of Fame.....

Fame is a powerful thing. But one thing to remember about the power levels of fame.

In a fame chart that seems to reward more with less and less with more, it's weird how celebrity works in America especially. In Western society in general really.

I've been around the block more than a few times, and therefore I'm closer than ever to sensing and measuring what my limitations are.

A) If someone's the MOST famous. There are people camped outside their home or wherever it is they are. They get mobbed. It's noisy everywhere. That is what a true superstar is. You can't do much without every nanosecond of it being documented. I'm closer to that level in the last few years, even when it's by "proxy". But doing things by proxy still counts as doing things, technically in my opinion.

B) And then there are the people working in showbiz who are professionals, but their job or their lifestyle isn't conducive to fame. They DON'T get mobbed for autographs and pestered for comments, photos, and interviews. They're more the creative and business stars, and not the musicians, real celebrities, and performers.

I'm somewhere between Crowd A and Crowd B.

The truth is, the more famous your lifestyle is, the less easier it IS to work, and the less work you're  going to be ABLE to do. Fame interferes with both life and work, be it positive or negative. Famous OR Infamous. When you're a workaholic, both types of fame, celebrity and infamy, suck.