The bridge of change

Writing is like crossing a bridge. Every time I write my blog, my journal, or lyrics for a song, I'm growing and changing as a person. I'd never thought that writing down my thoughts would be so much fun. I used to express myself solely through music. So I'm very happy that I've discovered this new medium of expressing myself. And it's a very old medium: the written word.

Something that's so liberating for me about writing, is that I'm allowing myself to be an amateur at something again. I don't have to do it perfectly. Having done music school has messed a little bit with my relationship to music. Everything surrounding music has to be done perfectly in my opinion, and that sometimes gets in the way of the fun. This unrealistic expectation of myself isn't present with writing. I don't know much about writing. So I'm just doing it, and perhaps I'm doing it very badly. But that's okay. I'm allowing myself to do it badly and I'm having fun doing it. And maybe I'm accidentally doing some things right as well.

The same goes for taking pictures. I'm no photographer. I'm probably terrible at it, but that doesn't matter here either. I'm taking walks and I'm capturing the places where I've been. Nothing special, but it's bringing great joy in my life. I'm not pretending to be a great photographer. The point is that I'm having fun, and this is working contagiously, because some of the fun is spilling over to other creative endeavours, including music.

There is this preconceived notion about artists that they've got it tough, and they suffer and they are in great pain. Only then they will be able to create great art. But in reality, I've come to realise that I'm in my most creative state when I'm having fun and when I'm discovering new things.

So I will continue to do so, and I will continue to cross the bridge of change. Time after time again...