| | I head to Michigan today for a wedding and a couple birthdays.
Feels like I was just getting settled from my summer travels, and I'm
off again. I've been seeing a lot of live music, bands that my friends
are in. I love live music. It has to be pretty awful for me
not to enjoy it, because it's the experience of going out, usually with
a good friend or a group, and having the bass drum pounding in your
chest and trying to figure out the words alongside a bunch of other
people doing the same.
I made a friend at a concert back in May when my favorite
band came to California. I knew because she was there that we
would totally get along. What is it about music that is such a
conduit for community, or for some people, a substitute for
community? I remember meeting a guy on a plane who loved
communicating over the internet, because he could connect to people who
were into the same music as him, obscure bands from the 80's who are no
longer together. When someone knows about the same obscure music
as you, you immediately develop respect for them.
Had a friend visit. Went to the Getty Museum. Loved the
architecture and the setting and the gardens. Went to the Norton
Simon Museum in Pasadena a few days later. So many pieces by
Degas I wanted to start twirling around the room.
Continuing to apply for jobs....had two interviews yesterday.
And, I've been writing a song. It's been a long time since I've
written a song, and I'm enjoying the process. What happened to
the days when they would just flow out of me? Now I've gotta work
for it, but it's about the process. I'm discovering, through
conversations with my roommates about decisions we make in the house,
that I love being a part of the process, and if I'm not a part of the
process, even just as a listening bystander, I feel as though I've been
jipped out of something. I haven't dug down far enough to ponder
why I appreciate the process so much, but that insight alone has been
incredibly helpful.
Some people measure the progress of their lives by how much they've
gotten done. I tend to measure it by the depth to which I
understand myself and the people around me.
Off to do laundry and pack.....
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