pipistrellafelix: (obama)
pipistrellafelix ([personal profile] pipistrellafelix) wrote2009-01-13 09:46 pm

One week. One week till the era of Obama.

Today I have decidedly wavered back & forth between feeling vaguely useless and full of purpose. It's been a little confusing. Mostly I think I am in that state of knowing exactly what has to happen, but not quite having started yet--specifically with my history paper, where the next step is to round up a whole hell of a lot of sources. Yay. (Although I have lots of leads, so that at least makes it into a fun hunt instead of a frustrating one.)

Perez & I worked on the musical today together, at the same time, in the same room, with a piano. It was crazy awesome! We wrote almost a whole song! We drafted about three minutes of musical! Which is, in this world, a fifth of the play, so. Not bad! I am still intimidated as fuck-all whenever I think about this project, since I am terrified of writing, especially lyrics; but it's also really exciting & I do sometimes get breakthroughs. & I have to keep reminding myself that I must (not can, must) write shitty first drafts, because otherwise I will have nothing to revise, & that is what I am best at.

Or as Sam Green told us today, "ttp!" aka, trust the process. Writer's block doesn't exist; you're just not trusting the process. (Oh, Sam, if I were one tenth as good as you I would be content, but I'll just keep trying.)

In other news, I think I have figured out what design I want for my tattoo. Yeah!

[identity profile] leeann-marie.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Tattoo!!! I'm excited to hear more about that. Also yay for trusting the process. :)

[identity profile] elanor-two.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Yay. & indeed....I feel like it ought to happen, generally, a lot more...

[identity profile] snorkmaiden.livejournal.com 2009-01-14 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Trusting the process is both evil and wonderful.