What are the steps involved in doing the work? Get tiny. Can you go into the room? Can you sit down (if that’s required to do the project). Turn on the computer, etc. . . Where do you get stuck? How does it the stuck-ness manifest in your body? You might want to note when Resistance … Continue reading Questioning Procrastination
Tunesday: Shuffle of Moonlight
Every Tunesday I post a boldly imperfect, one-take song draft of a song, which gets written from the prompt posted the previous Saturday. https://youtu.be/6yvk4T04V-4 In the shuffle of the moonlightShe whispered in his earThe memory of a ravenThe dancing of a deer In the Gossip of the moonlightHe new he didn’t careOf his promise to … Continue reading Tunesday: Shuffle of Moonlight
Accept Discomfort and Notice it Change
I’ve been studying Resmaa Menakem’s “My Grandmother’s Hands” for the past two months. The center piece of the book—almost literally the middle chapter and page, is the Five Anchors. The center piece of the Five Anchors is: accept discomfort and notice it change. The first step to really learning something, of course, is being … Continue reading Accept Discomfort and Notice it Change
Saturday Songwriting: The Trainer’s Whisper
I woke up started flipping through my “Definitive Paul Simon Songbook.” What would be a good song to play around with? I settled on “You Can Call Me Al.” It’s a fun song. A simple riff, given lots of texture in its recording, with a bright chorus. There’s a lot a person could glom onto … Continue reading Saturday Songwriting: The Trainer’s Whisper
Once I start, what will I fall in love with?
Looking at a blank page, it’s easy to believe nothing I do will be very good or measure up to what I’ve done in the past. Yet most things I’ve done in the past started with a similar blank page, while I experienced similar feelings of anxiety. Waiting to feel good about what I … Continue reading Once I start, what will I fall in love with?
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