I was just talking to a very dear friend about focus and clarity in life. The very fact that he is also a band mate puts things in perspective. We were discussing about how focus is something that is iterative in life. First, it's the thing that you need to figure out. What is it that you need to focus on? Once that is decided, it means your faculties are aligning to focus that, but the end result is something that is still hazy. So the next step is to not lose your focus on the subject and then start removing the haze from the final object. Rip those layers apart so that you can see what you intended to.
Its complex. I know. I mean, he and I connect on a different plateau that only we relate to. And it's also a part of the varied things we can talk about despite largely agreeing on mostly similar things. Based on our experiences and interactions with fellow artists, based on the learnings we take home, based on how our peers are performing, its important to resonate on a level that gives us vibrations and propels and pushes us to do something or get something done.
Then came the discussion of driving the focus on a specific space. Now what happens is, more often than not, when I'm talking about a creative workspace, albeit a virtual one, not everyone arrives at the said destination at the same time. Say someone comes up with the groove first. Someone else comes up with the philosophy behind the song. Someone comes up with the melody. Someone might even have a broad outlook as to how the whole song might shape once it's ready, discounting the nitty gritty details. Here, that one person is already ahead in a virtual workspace. Once you zoom out and see, it gets clear that there is a vision to follow to achieve that particular objective. And the whole aspirational dynamics that gets conspired during the process.
In effect, the person who has entered that space earlier on must obviously feel that the overall pace is slow. But in a collective effort like this, I mean a production that has to be put up by not one individual but a group of individuals, the space and pace algorithm is just right. I don't mean to suggest that sitting back and seeing it unfold is the ultimate solution. Don't get me wrong here. The slogging and hard work still needs to be done. But this relation was somehow very meaningful for the state of mind and the thought process that I thought it was best documented.
