We all have them. A bridge burned. A relationship left to dry. They’re out there. Fortunately for most of us, these loose ends are long enough to tie. I suppose the purpose of writing this is to encourage mending them, although I’m not sure if it’s you or me I’m trying to encourage. Maybe it’s not all that important…
My mind wandered here, as it’s apt to do. It started this train of thought on the way to work this morning as I considered how many unfinished songs I’ve created. On one hand, I attribute each and every one, finished or not, to part of the learning experience. I appreciate that… So maybe there is no other hand, which means purpose of writing this hasn’t anything to do with tying loose ends.
Perhaps this is one of the situations where life is supposed to imitate art and I’m supposed to get the notion that some bridges were meant to be burned and some relationships aren’t worth nurturing, even if neither party wants to admit it. And some songs just suck.
Long story short, I’ll probably never finish the tracks I’ve mentioned, but I doubt I’ll delete them either… especially now. I’d say a few gigs of hard drive space is a fair trade for a daily reminder that sometimes, it’s ok to leave things behind.
And it’s funny, but I think this passage’s purpose has been reinstated… the loose end that is now tied? My approach to loose ends.
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i like the art imitating life analogy on the loose ends. when i used to make up songs on my guitar i felt the same way. i have had so many kick as noodle sessions, riffs and chord phrases that could never quite fully materialize into complete songs. much like thoughts in this sense. same thing with lyrics. i guess what you have is an advantage of archiving them…. whether for nostalgia or false hope in completing them one day… they are still somewhere, digitized and safe for keeping. this is more than i can say for some of my unfinished creations… although my memory is still tight… some of those musical thoughts are lost forever…
i often have the same issues. the greatest thing for me is when you amass enough “unfinished” material that you can combine all the little pieces of unrelated songs and throw them all together. oftentimes you discover things lining up in really “cosmic” ways that you would have never imagined.
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