Wise words from Duke Ellington this Saturday:
“I merely took the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.”
First, let’s just acknowledge that if his music had been expressed in pout form, it would have been the most epic, legendary pout in history. That is some substantial pain he alchemized into music.
Second, ask yourself: Am I pouting or creating?
How can you transfer your own pain into art? What would you gain if you made art every day?