The Cure For Pain...
if you haven't figured it out yet, all of my post titles are songs or lyrics from songs i am listening too. please feel free to comment on who the artist is. one of my most favorite games to play is "name that tune, or artist." my dad and i used to play this all the time. he is an encyclopedia for classic rock. when we listen to the radio together he usually can't miss.
i have been inspired alot lately by folk rock. i know what people think, it can be too chill at times and can all blend together melodically or musically speaking. however what inspires me about folk rock is the storytelling. folk writers are great storytellers. they tell their own stories. they tell other peoples stories. they tell their stories through other peoples eyes. its beautiful. its inspiring. its inspiring because i have a story to tell. we all have stories to tell. and i have struggled for a long time with how to tell mine. struggled with what to do with my story. wondered if other people want to hear it. i have spent alot of time trying to write about other things. maybe to unintentionally to ignore my life. maybe to ignore what i have been through. maybe at times we try to forget our experiences. but i realized that it is our experiences and stories that bring us together. so i am trying to remember mine. trying to get mine down and captured. its not super glamorous. and it won't be a "made for tv movie" someday. but its my story, and it's worth telling. and so is yours.
so it's kind of my cure for pain. actually i dont know if there is a cure for pain. so its more like my therapy for pain. pain therapy. sounds like a good song name.
i may try and post some of these writings. we'll see...
posted by ryanholmes @ 5:34 PM
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