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bluegreen17) wrote2006-05-13 10:29 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2006-05-13 10:29 pm
picasso,polyrhythms and practicing prose
i am always doing that which i cannot do, in order that i may learn how to do it.
-pablo picasso
now that's inspiring. i read this on someone's lj today and forgot about it.
later on this evening,i was sitting in front of my monitor,listening to some favorite tunes,and drumming on my knees as i often do. now,i really know nothing about drumming per se. i once fooled around with a drumkit of the drummer in a band i was half-jokingly managing (i mostly just hung around with the guys,made a few phone calls to a local club,and carried gear,at the behest of my friend dave,who was the singer/guitarist) and i really didn't have a knack for doing anything with a drumkit. then again,if i'd played with it more often...who knows? ha. but anyhow,i tend to keep one beat with one knee and a different,complimentary one with the other,and changing it up,and in the process of changing it up,it gets messed up,but i don't worry about it,because it always gets back into rhythm shortly. in other words,i'm not afraid to screw up,because i'm just fooling around,and i think i've improved. the same with dancing. i've always loved to dance to music,and i've invented my own dances just listening to music and i don't worry about screwing up because i just dance around the house. i used to be a klutz,but i'm now a middle-aged lady who has more sense of balance than the average person,i think. or maybe i'm just better than *i* used to be,but i don't know too many people who can just stand on one foot without falling over. or maybe they can,but i didn't used to be able to,and now i can. pretty silly,i know.
anyhow,my main point is that anything worth doing is worth doing badly,if otherwise you wouldn't do it at all.(well,except maybe for skydiving.) i guess i've figured that out with little things like drumming on my knees (but i could play hand drums too!) and dancing. and maybe i can learn how to lose my balance and regain it in other things too,rather than not doing things because i'm not perfect at them. yes,that sounds like a good approach.look at this...this post is far from perfect or polished,but i'm posting it anyway. welcome to my practice sessions...
and one more from pablo...
everything you can imagine is real.
-pablo picasso
now that's inspiring. i read this on someone's lj today and forgot about it.
later on this evening,i was sitting in front of my monitor,listening to some favorite tunes,and drumming on my knees as i often do. now,i really know nothing about drumming per se. i once fooled around with a drumkit of the drummer in a band i was half-jokingly managing (i mostly just hung around with the guys,made a few phone calls to a local club,and carried gear,at the behest of my friend dave,who was the singer/guitarist) and i really didn't have a knack for doing anything with a drumkit. then again,if i'd played with it more often...who knows? ha. but anyhow,i tend to keep one beat with one knee and a different,complimentary one with the other,and changing it up,and in the process of changing it up,it gets messed up,but i don't worry about it,because it always gets back into rhythm shortly. in other words,i'm not afraid to screw up,because i'm just fooling around,and i think i've improved. the same with dancing. i've always loved to dance to music,and i've invented my own dances just listening to music and i don't worry about screwing up because i just dance around the house. i used to be a klutz,but i'm now a middle-aged lady who has more sense of balance than the average person,i think. or maybe i'm just better than *i* used to be,but i don't know too many people who can just stand on one foot without falling over. or maybe they can,but i didn't used to be able to,and now i can. pretty silly,i know.
anyhow,my main point is that anything worth doing is worth doing badly,if otherwise you wouldn't do it at all.(well,except maybe for skydiving.) i guess i've figured that out with little things like drumming on my knees (but i could play hand drums too!) and dancing. and maybe i can learn how to lose my balance and regain it in other things too,rather than not doing things because i'm not perfect at them. yes,that sounds like a good approach.look at this...this post is far from perfect or polished,but i'm posting it anyway. welcome to my practice sessions...
and one more from pablo...
everything you can imagine is real.
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