I’ve been thinking a bit lately about what inspires me. With life running so fast, there’s little time and energy left once I’ve met my obligations. So it’s becoming more important to me that I not waste it with the mindlessness I have in the past. I need to find things that are gonna fill me back up and ready me for what’s ahead… I need and want to be inspired.
I thought it would be nice to share some things that inspire us with each other. I’ll start.
On his project, “Living Room Songs”, composer and pianist, Ólafur Arnalds, committed to writing one new song each day for a week. At the end of each day, he gathered a small string section, and there in his living room, they recorded what he’d written that day. At the end of the week, it was done, finished – created and shared with the world. And to me, it’s masterful. Each note has purpose. The melodies are unique. Emotion is ever-present. It takes me on a journey every time I listen. Sometimes it breaks my heart. Sometimes it heals it – but I always feel something. I’m always inspired.
