Connectivity

Just read my sister Genny's blog (i call her Genny, the world knows her as Genn, i can't undo twenty years of pronouncing it ji-knee) and i was oddly moved by the shared experiences of people who read her blog.  We are all so similar, so very much the same, but we focus on differences i think; i know i do.  She is a good writer and has a good sense of humor so it makes sense that her blog has fans, and i think it's very cool that people get enjoyment out of reading her anecdotes.  That to me is the essence of creating anything, be it a dinner, music, a painting, a story, or a joke.  I want to be a musician, and to me the coolest thing about making music is when someone can relate to your songs.  That unifying identification is the purest thing about art.  Blogging, it occured to me, can be an artistic expression too, a way of sharing and in so doing demonstrating the commonalities we share perhaps unknowingly.  My mom blogs as well, and hers is quite artistic, she and my sister are both good photographers and both of their blogs share this commonness of human experience.  The reason people follow anyone is because they can relate to them, maybe it's a blogger, a songwriter, a novelist, a friend, or a pastor.  The essence of expression is relativity, nowhere near as many people would buy an artist's music if they did not identify with their lyrics.  I wrote a song once about an experience i had with a girl, and a friend of mine completely identified with it, he said he was looking for a song to express what he was feeling at this particular time in his life and couldn't find one, but when he heard mine, it hit the nail on the head.  He asked for a write-up of the lyrics, and i e mailed it to him.  Him relating to my song, that i had written for myself, to deal with my emotions and express my pain, had filled me with joy, I had helped someone. My music had helped someone! It was my first epiphany that, to make music that people will listen to I have to be relatable, and more importantly I have to write it, and get it out into the airwaves.  We have much more in common than we think.  I pray that i can learn from other people's hopes, dreams, and thoughts, and that we can share each other's, and that one day my music will change other people's lives the way so many artist's have changed mine.  Make peace, love, and music.