Work faced with, “should this be put this out there? What will people think? Is this ready to be let go of?” Often, later in life, to discover a new art form, initially it begins as an aesthetically private process. We aren’t sure yet what’s being made—we haven’t completely understood its purpose for ourselves yet. But when we do—when a level of balance between understandings within us is reached on the matter—when it’s been given enough time to grow (hours or days, months or years) into a real new form of awareness, letting go of it into the world is an invigorating thing, and then we keep moving, using it as a springboard into whatever’s next. It’s like suddenly having a new wardrobe or understanding another language. And for the sake of music, a need for experimentation which occasionally gives birth to a hybrid style... May 15, 2008