Everything is nothing
We've all heard the
quote: "everything is nothing and nothing is
everything"
but what does it mean?
#1 It means that picking sides of an argument (in which
is solely based on opinion and not fact) is worthless
because neither side is true.
For example, people argue both for and against God, yet
both sides are just an opinion because neither has been
proven true. That's not to say that one or the other
COULD be true, but if we're gambling based on
speculation and not fact, why chose a side? We must not
decide if there is or is not a God that exists. We must
realize the possibility of both and neither--the belief
in "nothing"--and find what exists in ourselves instead
of searching for an answer.
Inspiration, Boredom and Innovation
The definition of inspiration is “the arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity”. Boredom is quite the opposite: “an emotional state experienced during periods lacking activity or when individuals are uninterested in the activities presented to them”. If you think about it, inspiration is the result of understanding that life and the universe offers more questions than answers, and boredom is the result of thinking that life and the universe offers more answers than questions—that life is uninteresting. Those whom are inspired and/or open-minded seek answers to all the questions that they have and those whom are bored and/or close-mined cannot receive answers because they are not searching or open to receive them. Any answers that are the result of inspiration can be thought of as innovation.
So what is the definition of innovation? Innovation is “being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before”. The only way one may produce something “like nothing done or created before” is to ask questions since the answers, or innovations in which we’re looking for have not been discovered yet. Therefore in order for innovation to truly be discovered, one must be first be inspired to find it.
Much like attempting to escaping boredom, some can’t seem to discover inspiration. Inspiration is hard to pinpoint because it’s always the journey to innovation and you can’t define that in which you do not know yourself. Everyone experiences periods of boredom and/or the lack of inspiration and often times these are unpleasant ruts, but we must understand that we cannot achieve innovation without inspiration. Trying to do so would be like imagining a new species of monkey and searching for it for the rest of your life when it probably doesn’t exist! It’s a shot in the dark. You cannot think of your innovation, you must think of what it is not. You must ask questions and not know answers. If one believes that there are undiscovered species of monkey and thus embarks on a journey of inspiration, he or she will find that monkey eventually…what an innovation. As long as one isn’t bored and remains inspired and open-minded, one will eventually achieve innovations that were never previously conceived.
Our mind is like a forest with new species waiting to be discovered at anytime, but the unthinkable are impossible to discover if you don’t have periods of inspiration. Some may stumble upon answers when dry of inspiration, but inspiration is the only true promise to your answers and boredom and close-mindedness won’t allow anyone to innovate, ever.
So if the key to innovation is inspiration, what do you do if you are stuck in a rut? Let’s look at the definition of innovation again: “the arousal of the mind to special unusual activity or creativity”—the understanding that there will always be more questions than answers. In order to be inspired you must force yourself to learn something new.
If you want to be inspired, ask yourself what you DON’T know rather than what you DO know. This path of inspiration and full open-mindedness will lead to innovations beyond anything you’ve ever seen before. If you want to discover innovation, be inspired rather than bored and be completely open-minded to ensure that you realize the possibility of constant innovation.
EBAY THIS SHIT
who is more civil? you decide...
should be gettin ready for work
hello space monkeys!
Here are some stills from the new video (just text, no video):
sing-a-long!
our history
I also got my camera! The Canon G10! Check it, check
it:
i spy croissant legs
my room blends together
the precious moonbaby
the playful croissant
So yeah! Basically I'm treating this Spring Break like an opportunity to get a ton of work done on the Atom Bomb video and to write lyrics and practice guitar. I'm stoked to have all this free time...
W.I.P. and photos!
ROUGHSHITTAKE1 (not about Shittake Mushrooms...unless you want it to be??)
I'm starting to concentrate on writing lyrics again along with working on melodies more. I'm really interested in something called "counterpoint", which is the combination of two different melodies to create one main melody. It's different from harmonizing and has "rules"...but never the less I wanna learn!! Bach is the most famous composer that used counterpoint as it was a big part of Baroque music.
I love that I have this blog up because it pushes me to write and helps me practice. At work I'll usually just sit there and practice writing and thinking of hooks and melodies. I've learned a lot as far as my writing process and it has helped me a ton! I start with a title...then I develop the hook...then the chorus (and usually main melody)...then the verses! It helps to start with the title and hook because they should be the most "inspired" parts. That little piece of advice that I learned has improved my writing a lot. Now when I write I think of meter, patterns, and melodies so I don't have such a big separation between my lyrics and music. SSSSSUPERRRR! fantabulous!
A photo Mel and I did with the disco ball and a laser
against my wall.
I'm gonna try to update
this thing more often like Senorita Baby, but I feel
like I hardly have the time! My camera is coming soon
so that will help. Right now I have to steal photos
from Mel's camera. (PS TAKE A LOOK AT THE TWISTY PLANT
PHOTO THAT BABY TOOK THAT SHE STOLE FROM ME: Baby's Blog)
This last week consisted of work, school, ghost
hunting, Sweet Adeline mornings, melody making, midterm
taking, and today is my day off!! Time to do FAFSA and
my Expression Scholarship!
a nice day in sunny SF
hmmm i wrote this at work the other day...not sure what to do with it yet
"i wondered through a world
with a sun in full bloom
the lakes were smooth like glass
without a twinkle of gloom
being surrounded by colors
that were greener than grass
made my insides so warm
i couldn't help but relax.
the infinite blue skies
told me not to feel worn
and a whispering breeze
story-told where problems were born
i was more than pure bliss,
a fresh leaf in the trees
this world was so right
it'd put free men on their knees"
new stalkers to be
rambles
writings
drawings
photos
music
lololololllllllll
i just now finished designing this thing and I think it looks pretty shweeet if i may say so myself...but it's 4AM and I have work at 10...*sssiiiigh
leave me a comment or show some love to the homiiz under "my links" -->
i can't wait until i get my camera so i can post photos!
until next time!
a twinkling thought
and OTHERS prefer WEED.
hah, i know i've ENJOYED the BOTH of them
but NEITHER are RIGHT for ME.
and i know we all YEARN for our SONIC-RELEASE--
but i think there's more in ORGANIC, natural PLEASURE
i think we just need to BELIEVE in SOMETHING inside
that makes our LIVES better and BETTER
because a twinkling THOUGHT can provoke a SPARK
and force LIGHTNING down a TREE
but all it takes to EXTINGUISH the FLAME
is a PESSIMISTIC thought that rules INFINITELY
it would give me such a SIGH of RELIEF
to end my mind's VICIOUS cycle of WEATHER
to know that TODAY was just a FALLING LEAF
and that TOMORROW will definitely be BETTER
