it’s so funny because like my current mental is like “ok just lemme get home from this trip- oops i mean *this* trip- oops okay just wait for the weekend there’s too much going on at work- alright now gimme a sec to catch my breath- oops now two weeks of go-live grind- oops…”
sorry ig, maybe a few days more until you’ll get a reply, no guarantee it’ll be satisfactory. frankly i hope i forget i saw that. feels good to swap back to safety
also btw i keep making my mood seem more dour than is the case, it’s not as weighty, negative, nor proximately related as i’m letting on (but you knew this since the “misrepresenting” post). we’re chillin and i’m alright
is my violation of the categorical imperative mitigated by the fact that i instrumentalize myself in this process as well? (the answer is no on both counts: it of course doesn’t mitigate, but also isn’t a violation because i am not a “mere means” for myself, since it is in service of a rational end)
i’m in no rush to come back because i haven’t really come to a resting spot yet, and im sort of overflowing with reflection and emotion (which is cool!) but any expression is misleading and misrepresentative and i don’t need the additional weight of that consideration while i work through stuff
compositionally, it's easy to forget they exist, and difficult to find the place for them. as a player, they're ambitious and challenging to pull off gracefully. the audience has a role to play too, and not just a receptive one.
you don't always get to take it from the top, and making the most of a live performance can be more fun than hitting the studio to perfect a few measures. even if the transition is wobbly, tempo changes still effective as long as everyone catches one another to get back on beat
i’m not totally infatuated or w/e, i just like her and its nice to be back. also the World Spirit has set me to work on the neglected opposite side of her opinion polls