Momentum

Like a freshly pruned bouquet of flowers in an an elegant glass vase sitting front & center on your dining room table, momentum is one of those highly desired yet elusive things in life you know will simply not last.

Anyone who has ever undertaken a substantial project can tell you momentum can be quite difficult to achieve much less sustain. Usually I find during these times things must get worse before they can get better. For example, if your spouse comes to you wanting to repaint your living room, hall, & back three bedrooms, you know the preparation alone for painting (much less the actual act) will initially be slow & painful while simultaneously making your house look like a war zone. I am constantly reminded of this very fact when I prepare a large meal for my family. Usually I must spend at least 30 minutes creating wiggle room in my embarrassingly small & messy kitchen while making even bigger messes under the guise of "preparation" (wink, wink/cynical air quotes) before any serious culinary endeavors can be undertaken.

I find myself dealing with this particular subject today (I thought you'd never ask!) because I've been trying to catch even a handful of this magic pixie dust for the past month on a particular musical project I'm recording. That's the problem with art. You can't simply force the issue without severely damaging the end result. All I can do at this point is have my sails set high & be ready when the narrow winds of opportunity grace me with their presence. Then I shall ride it for as long as humanly possible. In the meantime I'll hang with Kael. ;-)