02 December 2009

Miles Away From Here

Seriously? I don't know what has gotten into me.

No, no...more like I don't know what hasn't gotten into me. Wait, I do know what hasn't gotten into me: inspiration. This is strange considering I am surrounded by inspiration.

You see, my mind has been pulled all over the place lately. Somehow I ended up being busier than ever with Real Life, and Real Life has a tendency to get all up in my grill. My brain feels like a big blob of mercury that has been smacked with a croquet mallet. You know what happens when you smash a ball of mercury? That's right, my lovelies, you get lots of tiny balls of mercury all over the place, and a big mess that is hard to clean up. Not to mention slightly toxic.

So I am sitting here, in a funk, listening to Miles Davis play "Generique" on the stereo. A recent discovery of mine, courtesy of a friend, that piece of music is quite possibly one of the best instrumentals I have ever heard. I'm far from an expert on jazz, but Miles kills on this track. Cool beyond words...

...and that, my friends, brings me to now. I sit here at the table, wishing the words would come to relieve the pressure in my head that has built up all day...I keep picking up a pen, but the story won't gel...

I may never play jazz, but that sound, that tone...the trumpet blows cool and sleek, and I lay down my pen. Better to not force the notes if the music ain't there, everyone will be able to tell. I envy Miles Davis, tonight. I bask in the brassy blueness seeping from the speakers, and give myself up to the ministrations of a master.


Sometimes, doing nothing is the best thing to do. The music will take care of itself.

15 comments:

  1. Yeah, why worry about PRODUCING something from the music? It's like this desire to make the feelings and thoughts tangible, to secure them in word.....just take it in...

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  2. You said "all up in my grill." ha ha You Wangster!

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  3. You know when you have all those itty bitty little pieces of mercury all over the place, if you nudge them a bit in the right direction they all come back together in one big blob. It just takes awhile, depending on the size of the original blog. Yours is pretty big.

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  4. Original BLOB.

    Sheesh. Well, you know what I mean.

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  5. I think the mute on Miles' trumpet can pull mercury back together. Remember the bad guy in the seond terminator flick? like that, only fewer weapons.

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  6. Enjoy the tunes...

    I like it when I can just relax and my brain turns off in a way, the sounds of 'busy', and 'real world' mercury go out for a night on the town while I lay back and ooze into my chair or let the music guide me to its favorite space...

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  7. Ooh, I have felt like that for the last month. Vivaldi gels my mercury, usually. If you get a chance, come by and read my new post. I need a man's opinion on something. Thanks....

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  8. My friend, I could have written this myself, just not as well. Life is definitely in my grill and hampering my pen.

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  9. sometimes you need to do nothing so that you can do something, anything.

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  10. Don't push the river. It flows by itself. :)

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  11. I feel your pain, Irish. I'm not feeling it lately and have no one to blame...

    Dammit. We need to find someone to blame.

    Pearl

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  12. We all go through it. It takes more than inspiration, I think. It takes a purpose sometimes to get started again.

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  13. Eek, a blob of mercury is about as easy to put back together as a blob of jello. Hang in there.
    xo

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  14. You know ... I've been following you for months now and find that there's usually something new to read around here, even when you do have writers block. It's a bit disgusting is what it is!!! I never have ANYTHING TO SAY!!! Ha ha ha! Blobs of Mercury are fun to toss at one's siblings. Fun for a girl and a boy!!!

    Blessings oh blocked one!

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  15. I have plenty of days where I don't feel up to posting anything. So I end up putting up the muppets playing Bohemian Rhapsody.

    I've been getting lots of advice on this as I wax on about not being motivated to write. They keep telling me to only write if I feel like writing.

    So I pass others advice on to you. If the mood strikes then do, if it doesn't then don't.

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