My little secret...

Taking a break every once in a while is ok.

I´m saying it to myself…

I took a nap today. I was tired. More tired than in a very long time. I´m not a nap person, even if I live in Spain…

My body asked for it.

Maybe it’s the summer heat.

Or perhaps it´s that I haven’t really taken a break in months (years?). It’s hard to take a break when there’s so much going on in my head and having such an obsession with doing things…

But, my life is not just about clogging my mind. In fact, it wouldn’t be feasible that way. I would eventually break down

My secret: I play music.

Haha, I´m not trying to fool you. You know I play music!

I mean, whenever I play music, it’s not just a way to relax, or to express myself, or to connect, or whatever cliché everybody says (clichés can be true by the way).

What I actually mean is that when I play music, my experience with it is like a deep meditation with myself. A re-establishment of my energy, my chakras.

A conversation with myself.

Nobody is really allowed in this conversation. But when I play for an audience, that conversation is public. I wonder if people understand any of it though…

Music, and all art, are ultimately a mystery. They are created by one individual inspired by something, and once they’re created and seen or heard by a multitude of people, they are inevitably appreciated in multiple amounts of ways.

A separate (and secret) conversation is created between the work of art and every single individual.

Magical, isn’t it?

We´re all having a unique experience of life. And art is just one (but a powerful one) of those things with the ability to remind us of it.

This thought for some reason makes me feel humble. And small.

This is a piece I wrote that expresses that feeling: Stjarna. You can listen to it here.

I hope you enjoy it and the secret conversation you’ll have with it.

Have a great day.

Claudio.