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So I never fish, but my friend Jonathan took me this past weekend, and I saw the light . It was a gorgeous experience. I saw a snake, dope overlooks, and fish really close up. Most importantly, I sat quiet on a rock for about an hour and a half and felt a sense of clarity for at least several minutes. Then I shot a gun. I didn't really like that because of the ring in my ears and the "what did I just do?" weird feeling afterwards. I'm taking some time off of touring this Summer. I didn't necessarily mean to, but a tour got pushed back, and I'm not exactly jonesin' to make all of those kind of transitions happen these days (at least the on and off the road ones). Plus- I'm wanting to extend the creative flow I've had working for about the past 9 months. Every once in a while you need to take a sec to remember why it is music is generally important. Then you can start the aggravating self prod again.That can suck because that self accountability has a specific calling that leads into an abyss of trial and error. A frustrating one but necessary. I've produced 2 projects (one alongside my pal Paul) recently. Tyler Lyle and Ryan Horne. We didn't have "a system" for either one which seemed fruitful but entirely exhausting for me and, i'm pretty sure, everyone involved. Everybody seems pretty dang happy though. I do. All this to say, there's no sub for rest and unplugging. I can tell when an artist is always plugged in. Into everything but themselves and their own humanity. The more and more people I run into in the city have an incessant desire to make something original of themsleves. To build a "new us" or, perhaps, a "false us". I am in that place very often, and I'm now worn from those transactions. I'm more interested in what's benefiting my community here and now and turning over rocks for sincere ideas rather than original ones. Sure, they can run together-but theres millions of empty shells with millions of original ideas. Like this blog for example-it's awesome, original, self-important, and anything else right.
Rant.
Rant.
Bless-Micah
5:48 AM
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