I am also deeply listening to myself right now, and the resounding message is to keep doing my own work. To keep doing what lights me up; to connect with friends, family, and community; and to be available to give my gifts to help others as needed. All work is important if you are doing it from a place of love. So I am grounding in and working on my path in the way I know how. The talk about resistance resonated - that if we push up against a thing we don't want, we will struggle. For many years I have been trying to not do that, and instead to work on building things that my heart wants. It's so much more fun to run towards something rather than run away. So, let's build great things.
Love this Bridget. Staying in our lane really is about doubling down on what we love. Such a great insight.
The practice of non-resistance is such a profound and ongoing journey. It never fails to reveal new layers. Just when I feel like I’ve mastered it, life humbles me, reminding me that growth is circular and not linear. But isn’t that the beauty of it?
Non-resistance teaches us the art of flow, the freedom in redirecting our energy from pushing against obstacles to moving toward what lights us up. It’s a practice that reveals its value over time, showing us how much more enjoyable and powerful it is to embrace the things that align with our passions and values rather than exhausting ourselves in resistance. There’s a grace and strength in choosing to move with intention and love. A path to truly thriving, not just surviving.
Right there with you on having fun and running towards. Always.
A collective sounds like a fantastic idea, Lisa! Let’s make it happen.
The music/creative process dynamic really is fascinating, isn’t it? And on a personal level, while it has been an undeniable building block in my ever-evolving journey (as my various and eccentrically named “Writing Playlists” can attest), the delivery has never been linear, either.
I’m firmly planting my flag in my early 2010s era here but by the time I was in the fifth/sixth grade, iPods and whatnot had become ubiquitous - and I really can’t overstate just how much that changed the “work period”. Rather than being there in silence, everyone, myself included, would be plugged in instead, something that just became the standard, for better or worse, as the years passed. So I’ve always held that association close. I can and often prefer writing with music as a supplement. It can help me focus, lock in and to your point, assist on honing in on a specific energy. But my “writing music” (soundtrack compositions, Americana, folk, etc) is radically different than say, what I’ll listen too when I’m driving/commuting, doing literally anything else - it is a distinction I’ve always found super interesting.
Lately, I’ve been listening to (or rather, rediscovering) quite a bit of Caamp, Camp Cope as well as The Frights. I first saw The Frights as an opening act about ten years ago, when they were just starting to find their legs as a touring group (in support of their second album, “You Are Going To Hate This”).
They were about fifteen minutes late getting onstage but were super apologetic. They wanted to let us all know (a Canadian crowd) that they had just tried poutine for the first time and they were all very excited about it - they were quickly forgiven and played an absolutely fantastic set: which, now that I’m thinking about it funnily enough, was twice as memorable as what the headliners put together.
Thank for the "hells yeah" Ryan! This idea of a collective really excites me and I do hope there is enough interest to make it happen.
I too find myself drawn to listening to music while writing and creating and much like yourself was able to discover this via portable music sources that came about when I was in school. For me it was the Walkman!!
The music genre also shifts for me depending upon what I am doing. I find Rage Against the Machine is great for exercise, but not for driving or working. And anything too soft and sentimental does not work so great for driving, but maybe well for writing.
I had my first experience meditating to music last week. It happened accidentally, as I was finished meditating for my classes and needed a few minutes to integrate the meditation. I played a random song from my itunes library - Lover You Should Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley. To my surprise, I went back into meditation and found I was able to access insights that I often struggle with. An exciting development!
Always here for a music update and love knowing what you are listening to these days. I enjoy Caamp quite a bit, but Camp Cope and The Frights are new to me. I love the Poutine story :) Excited to check them out.
I often think about how none of us will ever live long enough to hear every single song ever recorded. Wild, right? Loving music is being part of an ongoing collaboration that we can only be in touch with during our lifetime. We can only source what music existed before and during our lifetime and from that small source, what we manage to actually hear is only a very small sample.
I am also deeply listening to myself right now, and the resounding message is to keep doing my own work. To keep doing what lights me up; to connect with friends, family, and community; and to be available to give my gifts to help others as needed. All work is important if you are doing it from a place of love. So I am grounding in and working on my path in the way I know how. The talk about resistance resonated - that if we push up against a thing we don't want, we will struggle. For many years I have been trying to not do that, and instead to work on building things that my heart wants. It's so much more fun to run towards something rather than run away. So, let's build great things.
Love this Bridget. Staying in our lane really is about doubling down on what we love. Such a great insight.
The practice of non-resistance is such a profound and ongoing journey. It never fails to reveal new layers. Just when I feel like I’ve mastered it, life humbles me, reminding me that growth is circular and not linear. But isn’t that the beauty of it?
Non-resistance teaches us the art of flow, the freedom in redirecting our energy from pushing against obstacles to moving toward what lights us up. It’s a practice that reveals its value over time, showing us how much more enjoyable and powerful it is to embrace the things that align with our passions and values rather than exhausting ourselves in resistance. There’s a grace and strength in choosing to move with intention and love. A path to truly thriving, not just surviving.
Right there with you on having fun and running towards. Always.
Well, firstly, here’s my “hells yeah!”
A collective sounds like a fantastic idea, Lisa! Let’s make it happen.
The music/creative process dynamic really is fascinating, isn’t it? And on a personal level, while it has been an undeniable building block in my ever-evolving journey (as my various and eccentrically named “Writing Playlists” can attest), the delivery has never been linear, either.
I’m firmly planting my flag in my early 2010s era here but by the time I was in the fifth/sixth grade, iPods and whatnot had become ubiquitous - and I really can’t overstate just how much that changed the “work period”. Rather than being there in silence, everyone, myself included, would be plugged in instead, something that just became the standard, for better or worse, as the years passed. So I’ve always held that association close. I can and often prefer writing with music as a supplement. It can help me focus, lock in and to your point, assist on honing in on a specific energy. But my “writing music” (soundtrack compositions, Americana, folk, etc) is radically different than say, what I’ll listen too when I’m driving/commuting, doing literally anything else - it is a distinction I’ve always found super interesting.
Lately, I’ve been listening to (or rather, rediscovering) quite a bit of Caamp, Camp Cope as well as The Frights. I first saw The Frights as an opening act about ten years ago, when they were just starting to find their legs as a touring group (in support of their second album, “You Are Going To Hate This”).
They were about fifteen minutes late getting onstage but were super apologetic. They wanted to let us all know (a Canadian crowd) that they had just tried poutine for the first time and they were all very excited about it - they were quickly forgiven and played an absolutely fantastic set: which, now that I’m thinking about it funnily enough, was twice as memorable as what the headliners put together.
Thank for the "hells yeah" Ryan! This idea of a collective really excites me and I do hope there is enough interest to make it happen.
I too find myself drawn to listening to music while writing and creating and much like yourself was able to discover this via portable music sources that came about when I was in school. For me it was the Walkman!!
The music genre also shifts for me depending upon what I am doing. I find Rage Against the Machine is great for exercise, but not for driving or working. And anything too soft and sentimental does not work so great for driving, but maybe well for writing.
I had my first experience meditating to music last week. It happened accidentally, as I was finished meditating for my classes and needed a few minutes to integrate the meditation. I played a random song from my itunes library - Lover You Should Have Come Over by Jeff Buckley. To my surprise, I went back into meditation and found I was able to access insights that I often struggle with. An exciting development!
Always here for a music update and love knowing what you are listening to these days. I enjoy Caamp quite a bit, but Camp Cope and The Frights are new to me. I love the Poutine story :) Excited to check them out.
I often think about how none of us will ever live long enough to hear every single song ever recorded. Wild, right? Loving music is being part of an ongoing collaboration that we can only be in touch with during our lifetime. We can only source what music existed before and during our lifetime and from that small source, what we manage to actually hear is only a very small sample.