Being BlueCrystal Creative

exposure

peter@bluecrystalcreative.com (Peter FitzGerald - bluecrystalcreative.com) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:23:00 +0000

For me the part about song writing that I found most unsettling in the beginning was the exposure. If nothing else song writing can leave you totaly naked, revealing your heart, soul, emotions, showing your innermost thoughts to the world, it can the most difficult for you and often upset any other people involved.

For me one of major issues was, as I was just another speck of dust in the cosmos what right did I have to expose to the world or so much of the private life of my partner, family & friends anyone and everyone I've ever included in a song and even worse It's only FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, normally with no right of reply.

The writer Thoreau once said that every writer's duty was to give "first and last, a simple and sincere account of their own life."

Taking that thought further, I would think that it is imposable to write sincerely from any other perspective than your own, even if you are putting yourself in to someone else's shoes, you would still see things from your perspective

un-Australian

peter@bluecrystalcreative.com (Peter FitzGerald - bluecrystalcreative.com) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 20:05:00 +0000

I am really getting tired of The Australian's daily NBN bashing, never in recent reading have I found anything remotely positive about the outcome/s for Australia or about building a better future, Australia is undeniably in need of a new and more internationally competitive operational model or indeed any better plan, manufacturing is all but dead, the industries for the future (it seems) are mining, tourism and a range of things that are almost entirely produced between our ears.

The NBN or something similar will be the railways of the next generation and it should not be left to any commercial organisation that will inevitably say that’s it only worth cabling within 15k’s of major CBD’s and he rest of you can get stuffed.

(To me) The Australian's just sounds like Pauline Hanson, the occasional relevant point obscured by the babbling of someone that is not capable of putting together a better argument, If I didn’t know better one could easily assume that (a) Everyone at the Australian is over 60, and deeply regrets the loss of carrier pigeon, (b) Good news might be true but doesn't sell newspapers or (c) Rupert has a network of his own down the pipeline.

I would like you to be “The Australian” I remember, not the un-Australian you’ve become.

Finding your Head Space Shift

peter@bluecrystalcreative.com (Peter FitzGerald - bluecrystalcreative.com) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:30:00 +0000

I sit at my computer to start work and dive right in, large complex jobs requiring complete concentration for hours on end, I've mentioned before "head space shift" (my term) that when moving from Left-Right brain (creative to analytical) or vice versa that you experience a confusion or disorientation and it often takes a moment to compose myself. For me this all so happens on the larger scale, a day or days spent in the wrong side of my head (business/numbers) can make the music hard to find.

After a big day I was finding it difficult to find the music in me, not just to hear the notes or the correct pitch, but also to find the inner musical connection, to close my eyes and feel it, something that is not normally a problem for me.

I think that most people have a problem balancing the different areas of there lives, I wonder if guidance councilors and employment profilers and other people that work out whether your suited for a peculiar type of job, have ever stopped and looked at whether that job is good for as a "whole of life" thing you example; If you are a cut and dry high pressure lawyer where everything is about seeking the best advantage, would that make a personal relationship harder, would you bring these skills into your relationship with your partner or If you were in a structured and attention to detail occupation would that make the randomness of small kids harder to deal with.

What bigger price do we pay for our pay for our occupation, finding your head space shift.

Somthing Shiny

peter@bluecrystalcreative.com (Peter FitzGerald - bluecrystalcreative.com) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:04:00 +0000

One of the major "issues in common" I see in the creative industry's is the "Something Shiny Effect", For me having a free thinking and creative mind is in most cases a truly wonderful thing, however the lack of focus and work discipline can truly feel like personal problem or some sort of emotional disorder.