Passion, purpose and 3 flat tires

First off, congrats to Green Bay. I am still trying to catch up I know guys. I did happen to go out for a little Super Bowl Party and had a bunch of things happen during the week yet I was still able to get my weekly assignment done, with the help of some modifications. But I will get to that in a second.




I want to start with a rant. Pot holes suck. Especially  for low profile tires. In the past two weeks I have had 3 flat tires. I think my rim has pretty much had it. While waiting for the guy to get my tire off I was able to order one on ebay (gotta love the iPhone).

Re Cap:


Week 1: Fiction Challenge
Week 2: Classic Movie Challenge
Week 3: Contact Celebrity Challenge
Week 4: Art Week Challenge
Week 5: Seven Songs in Seven Days

and for Week 6:

Make up a trick a day for seven days. Yes, some of you know for my love of magic and I was inspired by this up and coming magician by the name of Calen Morelli. He created a blog called the 365 days of magic in which he creates literally 365 tricks this year. Being I am on a creative kick from last week I decided to make a mini version of that trick. I am also contacting some companies and I want to get some of "stuff" out there. I will post some of the tricks as I go...hopefully they will be up to snuff...Snuff said!

Act 2:


How was my music making week? It was relatively successful. Let me first say that it was a lot more time consuming than I thought it was gonna be. I had to come up with an idea for a song. Write it and then demo it. Now near the end of the week during crunch time, I ended up writing the songs and then left them to be recorded because it was impossible with everything else going on in my life. I also realize that making the blog and videos was time consuming so hopefully I can catch up.

I realize that doing this challenge that there really is "no inspiration" and it is all "perspiration". I didn't realize that I could do this actually and I was happy with most of the stuff I came up with. Now realize the songs are in demo form and need to be worked on and polished but overall I learned of what was truly possible.

I also stumbled on a couple of resources for songwriting that I will hopefully take more advantage of. They are:

robinfrederick.com and
songwriteruniverse.com

I know there are many more and I will listen them as I find them. Also note that I am not a singer and more of a musician. I decided to do some vocal lessons (once my tax money comes in) with Leigh Nash (lead singer of SixPence None The Richer). It is expensive and I won't be doing it often but I think it is a boost I will need.

Taming Gremlins:


So much stuff has been happening and I am kind of just riding it out. Somethings lately have been knocking me down, but knowing I have this challenge to get to I haven't had time to wallow in my self doubt like I used to. I realize that there are gonna be things that knock you down, but it is up to us to decide how to respond to it. I could feel sorry for myself or I could say "stuff happens, get on with it". It is up to us to create purpose bigger than what is happening to us. Another book that is really helping me sort out my creative insecurities is "Cad Monkeys, Dinosaur Babies and T-Shaped People" by Warren Berger. It is a design book that really helps me understand where I fit in, in this world. Great book. Not for everyone, but let's just say, it came at the right time.

Anyhow, time to play catch up with my 52 weeks....till next time!