Putting The Time
I have this tendency to start the 1st day of the year doing something that I want to do more of. I have been doing it for a while but then forgetting what that was or not paying attention if I am doing it. I remember it like it was yesterday, January 1st of 2020. That day we did a lot of art. Getting lost in the process felt special, just going with the flow of things. Looking back, art is the one thing I can track back to the 1st of the year being the start of things.
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There is such beauty in the chaos of the process.
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The sound of the paper coming in contact with the scissors creates a soothing sound that travels thru the air and clashes with the music. Every time I make art, I think to myself how incredible the art of making music is, how enriching music is to my process, and how grateful I am to those who make it.
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To think how oblivious we were to what 2020 had in store for us is mindblowing. The biggest gift the PANDEMIC gave me was the clear-cut confirmation of the value of life and how I need to engage, love, learn and believe in order to make the most of it.
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