It is often self-defeating, pops up in the midst of turmoil, it feels slightly redemptive, always introspective... ... yet somehow objective. But if YOU HAVE TO CREATE while you are in that space, BECUASE YOU ARE in that space, regardless, then... that is, MAKING THE ARTIST REAL.
And NOTHING GETS A REAL ARTIST. EVEN THE ARTIST.
But, REAL ART IS A REACTION OFTEN FROM EXTREME STRESS. DEAL WITH IT. IT’s REALLY GOODNESS! STRESS can be good, it CAN FREE THE ARTIST
You have to LEARN TO SEE THAT YOU ONLY HAVE A THIMBLE FULL OF TROUBLE AND, OCEANS FULL OF GOOD. REGARDLESS Ahhh, but alas... I just... WAX POETIC. Now leave this place, IN A RUSH, AND RUSH BACK TO IT!
I know it's just a song. But sometimes they hit the mark.
As I speak this post into existence. I do so in a room where the curtains have been drawn all day long. Because it is hot outside. [It’s Hot Out There! (Song Reference.. Yes you can buy it. [That way the words I am typing might be profitable, no matter how little in money or for how long] Lyrical match… It's hot out there! And I got way too much hair. This rock and roll look see. It's gonna' be the death of me. But this post isn't about that song. But it is hot out there. Both in my local outdoor temperature and in the state of our union.]
As usual I was critiquing some sound this afternoon. Mine. Better mix needed. But then the verse caught me particularly strong. “And there's something 'bout now..., that needs something 'bout right.” That 2021 song bounced off some of the things on my 2024 backdrop today…the shooting of a presidential candidate, the spin and the divides, (both real and perceived) in this country. And the “Unthinkable Events” that occur in our land. And things in our land that may give us pause. I find it expedient to pause to analyze. But take great care not to polarize anything too fast.
In times like these we find ourselves questioning the day to day “life” that was before two days ago. And we will for a while. Until we are moving though our new normal when another shot of reality will wake us up to repeat the cycle again. Why do we do that? Because we have to have hope. And there is something about hoping, especially in “right” that is just better than not.
And that “Something About Right” brings out the best of us, even in the worst of us. And many see that. But it is exceedingly difficult to strike the entirety of the strange mix that makes up America with the same goodness all at the same time. But it may well be a factor that America has it's short but stunning history to this moment is because there is something fundamentally right with its “mix”, not wrong.
Maybe “the people” keep trying because the majority of us believe that regardless, right is going to win in the end. Even though we don't know exactly what that looks like sometimes. But the ideals stand. And most find them worthy to strive for. They hope in the republic. The people. And that is something to strive for. They believe in the republic. Some believe that the republic is at stake and will be won or lost soon.
I say elections are elections. We will have one. There will be a president. That is not an issue. However, the Republic is at stake all day, every day. It may do us all well to remember that.
But I believe that deep in our “American” core we all long, to some degree, for Something about right. And that longing has kept the nation together and will continue to do so. Sometimes our judgements are early. Sometimes late. Sometimes, we just have to wait.
So, if either party is listening, you are both welcome to unlimited use of this song at your rallies, conventions, etc. As is. Kind of like America. We get it, as is.
