Finding Doors
When Natalie and I bought our little Ann Arbor house, the side door to the porch wouldn’t open. I assumed it was broken, so the door remained a wall.
39 weeks of pregnancy can’t stop Burg power.
To my surprise, I returned home from a weekend of gigs to find Natalie fixed the door. (There is no stopping Natalie, not even 39 weeks of pregnancy.)
We don’t only have working door, now; we have a changed house.
Yesterday, Natalie and I were sitting in our living room. The door was shut, like it used to be when it was broken, but the living room felt differently.
“Does our house feel changed to you?” I asked.
She agreed. The door now felt like, well, a door! And the living room felt larger. The porch felt connected. It’s weird. One little change makes a big difference.
This is true for art, too. Bear with me while I use a metaphorical analogy:
I think creating art is about fixing the broken doors in the walls that are stopping us from creating. Opening one door can create a big difference in inspiration.
Dave Menzo, an Ann Arbor songwriter, just completed a unique record. He only used musical instruments that he could check out from the Ann Arbor library. (Yes, the Ann Arbor library has drum machines and instruments available to library patrons!) The record is called Shhh…! He’s now using Kickstarter to get the last bit of funding to finish the record.
How often does a creator think, “I don’t own this piece of gear, so I can’t work on my art yet”?
For Dave, opening the door to the library was his path to inspiration. For you it might be a different door, but you simply need to open it.
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