This weekend was lovely... I spent it with all my favourite people. I also spent a small fortune on a handbag (hand crafted by Gujarati tribal folk) so beautifully bright and embellished for sheer joy, at the ‘Pause for a Cause’ event . Did I pause or what. Any-who, the bag is a collectors item, it shall be inherited from me! so totally worth the amount I spent on it, plus hey it was for a good cause (Concern India foundation raises funds at this event for grass root level programs they run around India). And okay that was NOT all I bought.
Another thing I did this weekend was to leave my car at home and take the bus. Hmmm so that’s really NOT a big deal at all - except of course it was WAY cheaper, the only downside is the more-than-occasional GAWKING co-passenger, I can’t figure this one out really... But that’s not what I am getting to.
So there are just a hand full of instances where I am okay with silence (at work sometimes, when I sleep and when I write...wait that’s it). At every other waking moment I must have sound. I just have to have it. It’s as though I need sound outside my head to resonate with the sound of the thoughts in my head so that I can be at ease with myself (a quick little theory for you there)... So whether its music or the TV in my room, its always ON (I multitask). sometimes I almost feel like the cast of ‘whatever show I’m watching’ is in my room! So while I was on my way (on a bus) somewhere, I had my music on of course and I wandered to a thought I’ve had many times... I often enjoy how in movies or short TV shows, everything (READ life) just happens in one neat little montage with some really decent music too! We’ve seen a ton of spoofs on this, perhaps an actual montage or two you may have liked (come on, you can admit it).. and its just so silly and weird and wonderful all at once. It’s had me thinking of how my theme song to life/montage would be...I know I’m not that ‘important’..But that won’t stop me. Its my private (not anymore) little joke.. So I will be all ‘bittersweet symphony’ if I’m on my way to something routine or tiring or requiring that I wake up early in the morning (this sounds like something no? :-)) especially on Mondays! On some particularly happy days I will be in favour of something sweet, about love perhaps! And so of course I’ll be smiling (to myself) happy and gooey, listening to anything from Frank Sinatra (come fly with me) to Ella Fitzgerald (the nearness of you) or Oasis (Wonderwall) and Jason Mraz (I’m yours) -- don’t judge me! There’s also a ton of ‘I’m-in-a-happy-almost-kick-ass-mood’ when I’m going out or have to drive really far...but it will take me somewhere fun and it just the start of a free free day! Those can be anything... and I will be listening imagining myself to be in some silly montage with this as my theme song! I’ve had “born to be wild’ moments and ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’ ones too! its so funny now when I share this with you, but may be you out there will feel this too!? (ummm there’s a chance there was something slipped in my coffee this morning, which might affect... nah). So my bus journeys this weekend had some particularly uptempo music setting the tone and that was probably why I had such a good time with it.
Combine looking out of the window and just the right kind of ‘theme song’ and I’m in my own little slice of heaven on earth, starring in the movie from my head (self centred much??). I love that simple things like this can work wonders for me. So yeah this montage theory contributes heavily to how I feel about what I am doing, or can help improve how I feel about what I am doing (I suppose this is universal). It can take you back to when you first heard that song or who you were with and what was going on (so it’s a flash back montage...hahaha). I find that I have my best ideas when I am on the move (the key is I should NOT be driving myself), but what does seem to happen more often than not is I forget what I think!
I have super surge of an idea in that montage-like-moment, and then the moment passes and after that its like a name at the tip of your tongue you can’t seem to remember. I hate that! It’s too many conversations in my head, and no one is taking notes. That’s the problem... I have had flashes of at least 10 other posts for this blog yesterday and today it is as though they never happened.
It’s becoming clearer though that inspiration is a state of mind, that will need many different things to be sustained, long enough for you to remember everything you need to before you can leave it.
Have you seen this movie ‘Yes-Man’? It’s funny and all that (I was laughing pretty hard that Friday night that I did catch this. It’s also worth noting I am very lenient on Friday evenings, and so even just-okay things will fly). So yeah, jokes apart (not entirely possible with a Jim Carrey flick)... the idea is quite interesting no? (For anyone who does not follow, its basically the idea of ‘embracing life’ by saying yes to anything anyone asks you to do!) I’ve started weeks going “I’m going to try that!” What if I say yes to anything that comes my way, no second guessing, no restrictions, just an unadulterated YES! I have not even survived 15 minutes with this idea mind you... today was going to be YES day, but ummm...NO. Now I bring this up,because it is my belief that this is one of those ‘go with the flow’ ways of living that will sustain ideas...If I said yes to..whatever.., I may have had an experience worth thinking, writing and sharing about, MAYBE.. So the key to wondrous possibilities lies entirely in the unknown space of of recklessness and blind agreement to stuff that’s asked of you. That’s what I think, but I don't quite have the patience to stick to this plan!
I can see that to be inspired, you need just this - a journey...movement.. constant sounds and sights and the ability to give in and stop being in your own damn way! Oh..a pen and paper or recorder handy!...and a killer theme song! ;-)
Another thing I did this weekend was to leave my car at home and take the bus. Hmmm so that’s really NOT a big deal at all - except of course it was WAY cheaper, the only downside is the more-than-occasional GAWKING co-passenger, I can’t figure this one out really... But that’s not what I am getting to.
So there are just a hand full of instances where I am okay with silence (at work sometimes, when I sleep and when I write...wait that’s it). At every other waking moment I must have sound. I just have to have it. It’s as though I need sound outside my head to resonate with the sound of the thoughts in my head so that I can be at ease with myself (a quick little theory for you there)... So whether its music or the TV in my room, its always ON (I multitask). sometimes I almost feel like the cast of ‘whatever show I’m watching’ is in my room! So while I was on my way (on a bus) somewhere, I had my music on of course and I wandered to a thought I’ve had many times... I often enjoy how in movies or short TV shows, everything (READ life) just happens in one neat little montage with some really decent music too! We’ve seen a ton of spoofs on this, perhaps an actual montage or two you may have liked (come on, you can admit it).. and its just so silly and weird and wonderful all at once. It’s had me thinking of how my theme song to life/montage would be...I know I’m not that ‘important’..But that won’t stop me. Its my private (not anymore) little joke.. So I will be all ‘bittersweet symphony’ if I’m on my way to something routine or tiring or requiring that I wake up early in the morning (this sounds like something no? :-)) especially on Mondays! On some particularly happy days I will be in favour of something sweet, about love perhaps! And so of course I’ll be smiling (to myself) happy and gooey, listening to anything from Frank Sinatra (come fly with me) to Ella Fitzgerald (the nearness of you) or Oasis (Wonderwall) and Jason Mraz (I’m yours) -- don’t judge me! There’s also a ton of ‘I’m-in-a-happy-almost-kick-ass-mood’ when I’m going out or have to drive really far...but it will take me somewhere fun and it just the start of a free free day! Those can be anything... and I will be listening imagining myself to be in some silly montage with this as my theme song! I’ve had “born to be wild’ moments and ‘R-E-S-P-E-C-T’ ones too! its so funny now when I share this with you, but may be you out there will feel this too!? (ummm there’s a chance there was something slipped in my coffee this morning, which might affect... nah). So my bus journeys this weekend had some particularly uptempo music setting the tone and that was probably why I had such a good time with it.
Combine looking out of the window and just the right kind of ‘theme song’ and I’m in my own little slice of heaven on earth, starring in the movie from my head (self centred much??). I love that simple things like this can work wonders for me. So yeah this montage theory contributes heavily to how I feel about what I am doing, or can help improve how I feel about what I am doing (I suppose this is universal). It can take you back to when you first heard that song or who you were with and what was going on (so it’s a flash back montage...hahaha). I find that I have my best ideas when I am on the move (the key is I should NOT be driving myself), but what does seem to happen more often than not is I forget what I think!
I have super surge of an idea in that montage-like-moment, and then the moment passes and after that its like a name at the tip of your tongue you can’t seem to remember. I hate that! It’s too many conversations in my head, and no one is taking notes. That’s the problem... I have had flashes of at least 10 other posts for this blog yesterday and today it is as though they never happened.
It’s becoming clearer though that inspiration is a state of mind, that will need many different things to be sustained, long enough for you to remember everything you need to before you can leave it.
Have you seen this movie ‘Yes-Man’? It’s funny and all that (I was laughing pretty hard that Friday night that I did catch this. It’s also worth noting I am very lenient on Friday evenings, and so even just-okay things will fly). So yeah, jokes apart (not entirely possible with a Jim Carrey flick)... the idea is quite interesting no? (For anyone who does not follow, its basically the idea of ‘embracing life’ by saying yes to anything anyone asks you to do!) I’ve started weeks going “I’m going to try that!” What if I say yes to anything that comes my way, no second guessing, no restrictions, just an unadulterated YES! I have not even survived 15 minutes with this idea mind you... today was going to be YES day, but ummm...NO. Now I bring this up,because it is my belief that this is one of those ‘go with the flow’ ways of living that will sustain ideas...If I said yes to..whatever.., I may have had an experience worth thinking, writing and sharing about, MAYBE.. So the key to wondrous possibilities lies entirely in the unknown space of of recklessness and blind agreement to stuff that’s asked of you. That’s what I think, but I don't quite have the patience to stick to this plan!
I can see that to be inspired, you need just this - a journey...movement.. constant sounds and sights and the ability to give in and stop being in your own damn way! Oh..a pen and paper or recorder handy!...and a killer theme song! ;-)
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