A thing I will do

small note of intention

← from my journal. One in three entries is basically this.

The other day I found myself pondering, with the usual amount of hope (none), the eternal problem of not knowing what to do with myself. The modern world presents infinite opportunities making it hard to dig in - hard edging closer to impossible with each day, month and year that passes.

The good thing is that none of it matters- and I can choose to do or not do anything with zero consequences.

I looked at it all objectively over a period of time, and the one thing I am fully setup to do I music.

• no additional investment - I already have what I need

• no additional practice, I’ve already put in the hours / decades

For these reasons I decided I’ll make an album. This time around I’m not going to wait for inspiration to strike, I’m going to take what I know is important to me and fit it into a digestible theme: a concept album. Having an overarching direction liberates me from the whim of inspiration. I can be motivated by something larger than a five minute feeling. I guess this is how creatives usually work - but I have never.

This is a big scary project, but totally achievable. (I know I said I was going to make a photo book but there are some real-world limitations on that re printing, and there are learning curves around production and distribution).

I’m a little excited by this idea and will be documenting the creative process as much as I can. At the moment I’m coalescing the theme and imaging the form. There will be creative ground to cover in terms of my production - I want to be more organic in my process and it’s a little hard being all digital / no assets.

An off the head tracklist: