‘Look, I made a hat \/ Where there never was a hat.’<\/p>\n
I feel this applies particularly when, like the George of the musical, the creator in question feels rather lacking at being a normal human being, away from the world of making or writing. It’s perfectly possible to be creative and NOT be a Colin Wilson-style outsider or dysfunctional or bohemian or battling with drug addiction or just strange. But if you are feeling lost in the world, and lost in your life – whether for a moment or a lifetime – seeing the finished results of your creative act really helps make sense of the relentless confusion of it all. Ah yes, you think. THAT’s what I’m good for.<\/p>\n
Whether it’s something I’m good AT is neither here not there, not when it comes to deciding to make the things in the first place.<\/p>\n
Last time I put out an album, I mentioned it on an email mailing list. Someone piped back unkindly along the lines of, ‘Woo! Well, look out, pop charts!’<\/p>\n
Well, yes, it’s unlikely the album’s sales will give Nickelback any sleepless nights. But if a tree falls in a forest and no one blogs about it, it does still make a sound.<\/p>\n
‘I’m rather happy with the way I fell just then,’ thinks the tree. ‘I fell in a way that was purely me. Other falling trees are available, and have better press agents, but none of them fall quite like me. Maybe no one heard me. Doesn’t matter. I still did it.’<\/p>\n
Look, I made a book and a CD.\u00c2\u00a0 Where there never was a book and a CD.<\/p>\n
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