Tl;dr: I’ve been writing a song on piano by experimenting and improvising, and these are some snippets from recordings I’ve taken over the past year and a half. Play, Practice and Process. Sometimes I mystify art and the creative process—but it can be encapsulated in those three words. To create something, I set out with a goal; in order to achieve that goal, I create a process; I practice; I fail and I succeed at what I set out to do, learn from what’s occurred—and then go back to practice. Play greases all the wheels, and keeps me wanting to stay consistent. Eventually, with time and consistency, something relatively “complete” will happen, and I’ll have created something. About a year and a half ago, I set out to write a song. I wanted to embrace a messy, “bad”, erratic, chaotic process that was entirely my own. I have stayed true to that, and filmed a good deal of it, and I’m sharing some clips of my “successes” and “failures”. Why share this? I want to make a living as an artist, and I live on a planet that is FILLED with beautiful artistic products. Because of this, I often feel overwhelmed by how much catch-up I have to do; how much “better” other people are at art than I am; or expressing themselves; or how much further I have to go; or etc... These comparisons steal my joy, and they don’t acknowledge the whole truth: the shiny artistic products I see, are born out of ugly, “bad”, messy processes. So, here, I want to share a smattering of my messy process, and this encouragement: when afraid of being bad, or insignificant, or in some way small—Do. Do something small for yourself. Expression doesn’t need to be pretty—say something unexpected. Fail to articulate the way you feel. Frustrated? Take a deep breath. Or yell at a cloud. Embrace some constructive chaos. No matter what you do, you are one mistake closer to understanding yourself—what you need, what you’re here to do, and where you need to go. To whoever’s reading this: I wish you the best in your explorations. We all have no idea what we’re doing—together. It’s pretty thrilling. Love to you.