listening

i do a lot of listening, but do i do enough? there's a big difference between casually soaking things in and being actively involved in what is being said. there is a tremendous need inside all of us to be heard and taken seriously. i consistently find myself tuning out certain conversations because i don't feel involved in whatever they're talking about. in meetings, i'll drift off and then come back to my senses wondering, "what just happened? was it important? i'm really hungry..."

i desire to be active in my home and in my community, but i can't do this without first listening and learning. i should put myself 100% into whatever i'm doing at the moment instead of wishing that i were doing something somewhere else. i most often wish that i were in the basement working on a song or starting an art project. however, i'm realizing that it's how you live your life outside of the studio that determines the content of your art. without a rich and focused work or social life, you don't have all the experiences and opinions necessary to say something with your art.

using our 5 senses is the first step to creating beautiful songs and pictures.

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