Play For Today: See The Sausage Get Made

4 February 2009 | 11:30 PM

I’ve been working on a couple of more zygotic musical bits I’d hoped to have formed well enough into manageable pieces that I’d be able to post at least one of tonight, but alas it is not to be. I can’t tell if the length of time I’m spending fiddling with them represents a desire for perfection or perhaps is merely a stalling tactic to keep from having to let them see the light of (blog) day. In any case, I’ve been thinking a lot this evening about the creative process in general, and why it seemed to come so easily for me in my youth while now it feels like pulling splinters out of the palms of my hands. I’ve not come up with any answers, but at least I was able to package my lack of insight into a haiku or three:

honestly?
if it’s the journey
and not the destination
why even set out?

faith
’round every corner
lies not the promised land but
another corner

clarity
I’ve so often heard
stories of artists gone mad
now I understand

OK, that’s about as deep and introspective as I get on three hours’ sleep. I’m cashing in my chips for the night.

Posted by Andy in Play For Today