Seeking Balance in Zero Gravity, part I

I think I had a small revelation this week. For what seems like forever, I've been beating myself up for not writing more of my grander ideas down. I mean, I would start on them, write time lines, character backgrounds, even write some scenes and dialogue...but I'd kind of get a blank when I wanted to write something, and be full of ideas at the most inopportune times.

Well, in talking with the lil' homie Courtney Rae, I heard something simple yet profound. In a nutshell, she beat herself up for not writing more, or at all for a long time. Eventually, she stopped beating herself up for not writing, and in essence, that made her feel more inspired to write. I'm always looking for this magic space and time to write my graphic novels or screenplays, but those spaces seldom happen, if ever. Truthfully, there's little I can do to affect when those times can happen, or when I'll feel inspired. But i can be happy with the fact that everything is seasonal, and it's all about what you do in that season...that moment. I may not be writing scripts, but I am writing; and for now, it's coming to me naturally.

I haven't written poetry consistently in years, but I'm finally cool with that...because I know, that given time, I'll get back to that too. So, what do you know...but I wrote a scene to a script that I started working on in '05-'06. Which means I prolly had it in my head for a while longer than that (the overall concept, not the scene). Hell, I've had graphic novel concepts that go back to high school...wait, I started my first comic book that was eerily similar to "Spawn" in elementary school. Although, my character was a cast out of heaven, and not hell...but whatever.

Damn, is that kinda deep for an elementary school kid? Yeah, probably so... Oh, I happened to trip across Alice Smith's (her voice is incredible) debut CD via an online blog, and her song "Do I" is the snipsnamsnizzle! As my homegirl T.R. might say, I was fakely aware of her, I mean, I had seen the album cover and heard the song "New Religion", but I didn't know she was that dope. Her LP seems like a mixed bag, and it will probably have to grow on me as a whole, but I'm going to be getting it really soon. Sara Bareilles is also pretty fire, too. I kinda thought that her "Love Song" single would be that clever song that gets run into the ground (which it did), and that would be it, but she has some hot shit, and she has a dope voice...so, although I am late to the party, I will be looking forward to catching up.

Those two and Feist's "Let it Die" LP are going to be my next buy's...I've been in a music drought for a while, now. Maybe I'll cop them when The Dark Knoght (Batman) drops next week... I might have to get Batman in Blue Ray...I don't even own Blue Ray yet, but that may be the push I need...PS3's come with Blue Ray's...yum...

Ah well, dream a little dream.


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