The Artist’s Paradox

There’s a quote that keeps coming back to me:

"Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide."

I feel this every time I sit down to compose. Music is a way to say things without really saying them, to reveal without fully exposing. There’s always a balance—too much honesty feels like standing in the middle of a crowd, completely unguarded; too much distance, and the music loses its soul.

Maybe that’s why certain pieces hit so deeply. They don’t just tell a story—they hint at something just out of reach, something we recognize but can’t quite put into words.

Do you ever feel this in the way you experience music, art, or even life? That pull between wanting to be seen and wanting to disappear?

Here´s a video I´d like to share again, a fully improvised session, a musical meditation. You can put it on a tranquil moment, when you´re in the need to detach from it all. Listen to it here.

Have a nice day,

Claudio