N.9 ‘’Thread Hunters’’
Writing is like getting schooled. The teacher kind of suddenly appears out of silence, imparts a lesson, then vanishes back into the void.
At least that’s what it feels like for me.
I approach writing as I do music. I enter a state of presence with curiosity and openness. Then I search and wait for the first thread to come into light. Once in sight, I pull.
I’ve read a saying in a book named ‘’The Lion tracker’s guide to Life’’ that goes like this:
‘’I have no idea where I’m going but I know exactly how to get there’’
I believe this illustrates the point quite clearly.
I remember years ago, composing music with my friend Alex, going into a state of creative frenzy playing the song again and again, adjusting and adding parts. Following the thread fearlessly. The adventure could be quite fast and very, very fun!
At the root of the process, there is the capacity for attention.
The more attention one can pay and sustain, the stronger the current we can hold.
To put it another way, the deeper one can see, feel, hear, touch, smell and experience,
the more information is then available for one’s usage.
Have you ever been in a situation where you could not figure out something, only to share your struggles with a friend who finds the answer within seconds of seeing the problem?
The obvious seems hidden to a momentary obtuse mind.
Art makes me wander back to Life and Life to Art.
It makes me wonder how to apply creative concepts acquired by experience back into my daily life. To put it in simple terms: How to follow the thread
I have been experimenting with this. Although I do not possess the same bravado in life as I do in Music, there definitely is a presence there very similar to art.
I only need to familiarize myself with the language a bit more, take actions, be unafraid to fail, learn as much as possible and, most of all, be playful.
That’s got me to the level of being able to improvise music for hours.
I’m pretty sure this’ll work out just fine in daily life too.
Let’s find out!