I also, tend to react and panic in certain situations rather than respond. Change isn't the problem. The problem is thinking that you can't change or you shouldn't, or you won't. Or it is just easier to stay with the old and familiar. He thinks his artistic nature was somewhat suppressed for years and he had to find the key to unlock the prisoner of his being.
Any situation can be positive or negative depending on how one decides to respond to the situation.
It seems as though people are better known when they have survived something. It is important for him to share. Humans have become aggressive animals for capital or political gain. Judy would like to be known by sharing her poetry, but yet, she doesn't like to get up in front of an audience to read. We need to know who we are in the theatre of our world.