- I’m not NEARLY as creative as I want to be.
- I’m much more creative than I thought I was.
- Loneliness sucks all the creative energy out of me.
- If I don’t make myself write, I won’t.
- If I wait for someone else to cheer me on, I won’t get anywhere.
- As soon as I start sipping something warm, a song climbs out of my soul. I think I’ve found my muse.
- Every time I finish one song I panic over what to write next. Every. Single. Time….
- Rainy days are the breeding ground for creativity in my life.
- Writing a song while someone else is in the house feels like trying on clothes in the middle of a dept store.
- I’m happiest when I’m making music. Even if it’s bad.
These have all been tough but good lessons… Have you been learning any tough lessons lately?
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Rainy days are the breeding ground for creativity in my life.
Yup yup
“Have you been learning any tough lessons lately?”
One or two.
(That I’m aware of, at least.)
Care to elaborate, sir?
I love the fact you are “PRESSING” into it.
inspiring me to get writing again
GO!
“Every time I finish one song I panic over what to write next.”
Ha ha ha!! Oops… Not funny, but I totally get it. That was a laugh of identification, I promise.
I had a writing partner for several years. Even when I started a song and was about to throw it away because I thought it was a horrible stinker, he’d push me to keep the idea going. After rewrites, we sometimes wound up with a good song. Sometimes we simply wound up with a completed stinker, but the occasional good song was worth the stench.
I have learned more lessons than I wanted to this past week
*I can not take care of anybody else unless I take care of myself first
*That I have to learn to accept help
*That even in the darkest season of my life, God was there
*I have the most amazing friends that a person can ask for!!
I’m learning. I’m just not able to verbalize it yet.
Some day.
Dean: You laugh, but you know the truth – get through the stench and a treasure might be found!
Ram: dang girl. Those are some beautifully painful lessons…
Red: Looking forward to verbality. (is that a word?)
Unfortunately I have to learn things the HARD way!
I honestly think most of us do. Writing two songs a week is NOT the easy route for me right now… Not with 2 1/2 jobs and volunteer ministry stuff and friends and bible study and a husband. nope. But I can already see myself growing as a songwriter through this process. Already. ALREADY and I’m only 1/4 of the way there.
Go the easy route and nothing changes, because change isn’t forced.
that if IDON’T START A PROJECT it WON’T GET DONE.
I know! Like don’t you think I could have figured that one out on my own?
But we can all learn from this, Sarah. What’s a project you’ve started recently? And how are you keeping it going?
Writing a song while someone else is in the house feels like trying on clothes in the middle of a dept store.
i know, right?!
i’m learning that if i don’t start my chores/errands as SOON as i get up, i am ruined for the rest of the day.
What do you mean by ruined? (I almost spelled urined? ew)
(i do that all the time with that word…)
i mean i’m practically useless. i either gotta get to it right away, or i’m a lazy bones.
Ahh… So you wake up on a Saturday and get it all done so you can be lazy the rest of the day? I usually take some time on Saturday afternoon to get it done. Saturday is my sleep-in day, and I don’t wanna ruin (not urine) it by being responsible first thing in the morning.
oh no, honey. did i mistakenly mislead you? saturdays are my “free to be lazy me” days.
the chores are the rest of the week.
This is going downhill quickly…
i’m learning that sometimes the things you think will liberate you only lead to further entrapment.
EXAMPLE!
hm. i’ll email you.
tough lately? yes.
the lessons from it? still trying to figure that out.
the REAL lesson? I’ll probably never figure it out. It’s my job to fulfill, not to understand.
“Writing a song while someone else is in the house feels like trying on clothes in the middle of a dept store.”
im the same way with writing. it just feels…unnatural.
but woman, i think you are uber talented, creative and talk with a strong southern accent.
maybe you should move to Oregon or Washington. It rains a lot there and you can have a hot drink almost all year long!
That is a FANTASTIC idea!
Hi dear Cousin!
Those are some very good lessons. I especially liked:
As soon as I start sipping something warm, a song climbs out of my soul. I think I’ve found my muse.
Hm… a tough lesson I am learning you want to know? Sometimes a decision made is better than procrastination even if I am not completely comfortable about the decision.
dang. Yes. That’s hard indeed…
So maybe, just maybe God moved you to Boston WHERE IT IS COLDER THAN GEORGIA so you would write. For Him.
Maybe?
Definitely.
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you’ve learned some good stuff, friend. i love watching you journey.