Sometimes, I fear, one may have so much creative energy bundled up inside themselves, that they cannot figure out what the hell to do first.  Such was my life on Friday, sitting at my computer at work, trying to figure out what to do first: should I redesign my website?  Write songs to attempt to finish a concept album I’ve been working on and off for about two years?  Practice songs for a show I’m playing for NORML Con in two weeks?  Write more of the Quake Saga (coming Sept 4th!)?

Orrrrr play Final Fantasy on my phone?

… Well, it is a really addictive game.

Here’s what I need to do: Focus.

This all makes me wonder: how does one focus?  How do we get done the things we need or want to do?  For artists, how does creativity get funneled into creation?  I’m trying to think of how I write songs, but really I don’t know.  I do know that I am not in a songwriting position right now.  I can’t think of anything good, and no … I dunno, I have no spirit for it.  Sometimes I do, and I write lots of songs.  But now, not so much.  So there goes the concept album idea.

Some people need music playing, some need to be moving, standing, dancing.  Some people need drugs.  Whatever it is, there needs to be some kind of energy medium that takes place, a catalyst, where the potential energy of creativity gets filtered away from the general energy of life.  It’s a strange process.

So now, of course, I’m sitting in bed writing on my girlfriend’s laptop, telling you about this somewhat mediocre thought process I’m going through right now.  Bear with me, I’m still a bit rusty with the whole blogging thing.