With Selena Gomez it is all these things and more. It is the solidity of her sheer will and the steadfastness of her quiet determination. It is the calm she can conjure within herself, and the exuberance she can express at will. It is her control, of self, of art, of craft, and of being. She can hit the margins without self-destructing, touch the boundaries without collapsing from excess. She can temper the untemperable, the angst, the restless energy, that pervades many artists' lives, sometimes to their own peril. But not Selena Gomez. She masters this fire. This unquenched desire. This drive that takes an artist to the top that can sometimes become a creature of its own creation. And uncontrolled to some degree.
But this is what Selena Gomez has quietly and calmly shown that she is in control of. Like the true beauty that she is, she tames this beast that is the artist. She controls, seemingly, the greatest of impulses. The most myriad of desires that ambition brings. And the temptations of excesses that success must surely bring. She is at the same time cool, calm and collected on the inside, and ebullient and vivacious on the outside. She is her own spirit and she is her own path from inner peace to outer exuberance, and she is in control of herself and her journey all along the way. Respect to Selena. We love Selena Gomez.