I do not write as often or as much as I once did. This isn't a bad thing. I have notebooks full of ideas and even finished songs. Editing, polishing, and getting comfortable performing take time.
There was a lot of time that passed between my initial phase of song writing when I was in my teens and twenties and my current phase of performing and recording those songs. Twenty plus years erases other people's memories of any negative events that may have inspired some of the lyrics. When I was in my twenties I had someone ask me to never write a song about him. It was too late. Some people write happy, optimistic songs. I am only very occasionally some people. My current writing habits mimic the scribbling of my younger self. Words scattered about. Fragments of thoughts. Complete songs popping into existence in a couple days or even hours. I don't have much luck penning epic tales. That doesn't keep me from trying every now and again. I look at highly organized individuals and wonder how much more I could accomplish even as I know I have accomplished more than I ever imagined. The audience I've acquired well exceeds what this introvert ever anticipated. I do not write as often or as much as I once did, but I write, create, and inspire.
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