In the below excerpt of the interview
of Jaden and Willow Smith, all I noticed about the interview and various
answers by the ‘Smiths’ is that they were trying to create their own identities
and philosophies about life and their beliefs. Please read and digest without
sentiment:
One of the gifts of being
young is that particular blend of self-confidence and self-consciousness. Jaden
and Willow Smith have managed to turn this form of heady teenage introspection
into expression instead of ennui. Willow, the 14-year-old musician whose debut
single, “Whip My Hair,” went platinum when she was not yet a teenager, explains
that the gift of life is “looking at nature and being, like, ‘Wow, I am so
lucky to have a body and to breathe and to be able to look at this.’ ” To which
her older brother Jaden, a 16-year-old actor and musician, adds: “And the huge,
terrible thing the world would be missing by not expressing yourself.” To that
end, both Jaden and Willow, the children of Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith,
released new albums this month, including two tracks by Jaden that make their
public debut here.
Jaden’s “Cool Tapes Vol. 2″ is an
extension of its prequel mostly in name: “At 12, I was just talking about
hanging out with girls because that’s pretty much the only thing I was into,”
he says. A few years later, the new pieces are suffused with a different
sort of bareness, and a self-guided education in topics such as Archimedean
solids and mysticism. On a warm November morning, T sat down with Willow and
Jaden on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean for their first-ever joint
interview to discuss prana energy, the experience of time and the meaning of
art.
Read more: tmagazine
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