Ahh reading this helped me with something I've been dealing with lately.
Like your novel, I've been trying to put together an album and I have been bouncing back and forth between using Ableton to dictate every note I want played and the piano which I am very familiar with since all the notes are right in front of me. But I recently got kind of burnt out with it.
But my brother is in town and he restrung my guitar and I have been picking it up and having so much fun playing it. I've also been listening to Noah Kahan's new album which is totally different than what I have been listening to and wanting my album to sound like. I might be writing and playing more with the guitar and that's kind of how I started writing my album in the first place.
So yeah I learned I sometimes gotta take my self out of my element and try to find the fun in it again to keep me going!
Yes to finding the fun! It's crazy how much that feelings of "pureness" can boil down to novelty. Now that we're big ol' adults with a bit of life experience, I guess we have to be more intentional about seeking out newness and inspiration.
Love the "temperature" tip! I'm so adding that to my travel strategy!
I used to manically switch between my checklist and my weather app and give myself a headache, LOL. Glad my idea could be of use!
Ahh reading this helped me with something I've been dealing with lately.
Like your novel, I've been trying to put together an album and I have been bouncing back and forth between using Ableton to dictate every note I want played and the piano which I am very familiar with since all the notes are right in front of me. But I recently got kind of burnt out with it.
But my brother is in town and he restrung my guitar and I have been picking it up and having so much fun playing it. I've also been listening to Noah Kahan's new album which is totally different than what I have been listening to and wanting my album to sound like. I might be writing and playing more with the guitar and that's kind of how I started writing my album in the first place.
So yeah I learned I sometimes gotta take my self out of my element and try to find the fun in it again to keep me going!
Yes to finding the fun! It's crazy how much that feelings of "pureness" can boil down to novelty. Now that we're big ol' adults with a bit of life experience, I guess we have to be more intentional about seeking out newness and inspiration.