It's the new year. I've been reading, listening. I've been paying more attention these days and thinking of my place in the world.
We all have something to offer, right? Just put it out there and those who are interested will pick it up, right?
Why is that so hard? I stop myself before I create because, a) it won't be good enough, b) someone else has done it, c) who will care?
I believe that this line of thinking is the hurdle that separates those who do and those who don't.
Now, granted, if you're going to bother, you should be sure to both put in a good effort and have a reasonably defined idea to work with. Maybe the idea's the hurdle: feeling like it is both interesting AND new.
Well, at a certain point, it's time to just go forward, edit on the fly, put it out there, refine your message the next time. I've learned from playing in bands that you can practice for months and months in the basement on the new song, but it's not until it's played in public (better still, recorded) that you really realise what you would change for the next time. Why not now, this year? WTF. Here goes.
C'mon and join me, we can make a big mess of things and see what comes of it. 'Kay?
I've got your back.
