Groggy Blog

This is a halfway-through-my-first-cup-of-coffee entry. I just wanted to see what would happen (to me).

See, I compulsively edit all the posts I put on here, but not today. Is it Maya Angelou who said "being a natural writer is like being a natural heart surgeon"? Yes, grammatically incorrect punctuation placement. I'm aware of it. Leave it where it is.

The creative process is as varied as the human condition. I actually haven't heard too much about other people's creative process, save for Brian's (which, I think, involves a major spike in stress prior to performing). My creative process involves being in touch with my subconscious. Man that sounds foofy.

Basically, a good percentage of my inspiration comes from my dreams. I'm chased by enlightened space bananas, trip over a malicious marshmallow, wake up and POOF! Stream of consciousness comes pouring out - amorphous, fluid and fast. I remember being much weirder and, well, wittier when I was a kid. I think it had something to do with not caring what other people thought of me as much. I amused the hell out of me. I used to get a lot of inspiration from that, too. Nowadays, not so much.

This is probably why grown-up artists rely so heavily on "substances" to enhance their askew-ness. I'm sure there's an article or a thousand about that somewhere, I'm just too lazy to look for it right now.

So my blog post is all about tapping into that for the moment. Doesn't seem to be working as well as I thought it would; I'm still really groggy.

Oh, a side note: I said I'd put some alternative health tips on here, and I didn't. I haven't forgotten, but I want to give requests a try. I'll address that in a separate post.