I started writing songs on the piano when I was 15, then switched to focusing more on production-based music around age 18. Of all the 60-odd songs I now have out on Spotify, not one of them is a song that started on the keys. I think I judged this genre as basic, boring, predictable...I don't know, I just judged it, and myself. Like this part of my expression didn't fit into who or how I wanted to be anymore, so I just kind of left it behind.
So many of the spiritual mentors I listen to talk about creativity so often, and I suddenly realized damn...I wasn't even weaving creation into my daily. Over years of hustle and ambition, I had developed a largely extractive relationship with my crea...