One of the quirky things in my approach to life is my obsession with blank writing pads. The pads must be college narrow ruled pads. I must have a never ending supply of the pads.
I bring a blank pad onto my desk and it is an entire world opening before me. I have an endless set of words in my head just waiting to jump onto the page. I have no idea what will flow next and where I will end up in terms of what I am writing.
There was a period of time probably ten years back when I was writing short novels. I remember writing an environmental mystery and part of the story takes place iin a Wyoming bar. I went nuts in my research around this small bar in a small town in Wyoming. I found the bar Web page and the picture from Google from in front of the bar. I used the description of the bar in my story and even used some of the people from social media and the Web page. I could really find myself walking dow the dusty street into the bar on a Friday night. Maybe it was a Monday night which was dart night with three person teams and leagues. It was crazy in that some of the people who read my story wanted to know when I had visited the bar. They were amazed.
This crosses over to my music. Our band played together for some twenty years. In music, that is a lifetime. Bands break up for so many reasons yet month-after-month we played on.
During our rehearsals, we would jam now and then. We would pick up a thread of chords of music and start playing off of each other. At that point, I would start singing lyrics straight out of nowhere. Sometimes the lyrics were quite profound. They made sense. They reminded me of the video of the Beatles jamming together that was released last year. The Beatles could free form a song at a moment's notice and the result would be a beautiful piece of music. Now remember as a group the band only lasted less than 10 years. They kept exploring by just letting go and not judging whatever came out. It was the ultimate in brainstorming.
Brainstorming can be the most difficult form of expression. This is because someone ultimately will jump in and try to censor the brainstorming or judge the brainstorming. We are the biggest obstacle in stopping creativity. Letting go of whatever is waiting to express takes a skill of acceptance and surrender. Let go of the ego and step deep into spirit. This is the ultimate in being authentic. It is irreverent and full of fun and opening the flow between the brain and the mouth. So my friend let it go and express away. You are the ultimate in showing up as the very best of who you are. I'm so glad you are here! Welcome to the Magical Mystery Tour waiting to take you away; your bus is waiting for you.........
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