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Angus Grundy's avatar

Great piece, John. I'm a little envious of your being able to bash a drum kit whenever you feel like it. You're right about the incremental progress. I think we have to lean into the process. Music as a kind of meditative practice. And thanks for pointing me to Khruangbin. I enjoyed their vibe.

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Richard Merrick's avatar

Interesting resonance with my waking thoughts. I found myself thinking about regeneration, and the role of exhaustion. When soul is depleted we can’t “nourish” it by additions of articulation nutrients, we just have to leave it alone. Lying fallow is technique as old as time, and yet our love of analysis and systems won’t let us.

I’m intrigued by the metaphor of leaving your drumming alone for a while, and then your inner rhythm appearing unbidden. Much we can learn from that perhaps.

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John Durrant's avatar

Yes, there's something in the fallow idea - patience and leaving things is heresy in our results-driven world. Forcing things has a backfire effect.

I think there's also an important element of faith in this approach to. Faith in the process, or faith in your subconscious to do its work when given space. Faith is a kind of surrender that is needed amidst our fanaticism for omnipotence.

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Richard Merrick's avatar

Faith. Fallow as ritual and maybe ceremony. Timeless wisdom.

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Richard Merrick's avatar

Hate when technology decides to correct without asking :-) soil, not soul (maybe?) and artificial, not articulation.

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