turns out that i would be sick for a small yet noticeable percent of 2014. this summer i fought a nasty conflict with dengue fever and in the dawn of november i'm watching the last hints of pneumonia leave my body. this recent bout of illness came to me unfortunately during a moment of great inspiration when i was making music every moment of the day that i was not at work or asleep, and i rarely do either of those things. i've worked out a very unique niche for myself in this city and i've managed to save money while harboring time to work on my creative impulses and at the same time i'm always wondering what will be my next big adventure.
pneumonia sucks. i'm not stricken for vocabulary however sometimes i think the word 'sucks' really describes being sick. if you read back far enough in this blog i'm sure i said the same thing about dengue fever. i didn't write this article today to scare people back home (and i swear i'm about 90 percent better) but i'm writing this as a note to myself to remember this time that i came out of something ugly again as something new and beautiful. i'm watching creativity return to me and i'm also witnessing the first tangible ideas of my next travel come into the light. it's too soon to give hints away but i'm again island bound, this time for the other end of an ocean i've recently fallen in love with.
i'll actually be done with my contract on march 7th, the day before my 33rd birthday, the Jesus year i like to think of it as. in these years i've become really good at things which i once only dreamed of. today, travel has become to me something i'm perfecting in the way that an amateur painter becomes a great artist. i found what i'm good at in this world and i've put in the hours to support it.
my coughing has stopped and the pains in my right lung have receded. i have a zest for creativity and soon i'll be sitting in front of numbers and colors with my band again trying to turn our ideas into sound. inshallah.
screw it. i'll say it. i'm going island hopping in indonesia. i spilled the beans. :)
pneumonia sucks. i'm not stricken for vocabulary however sometimes i think the word 'sucks' really describes being sick. if you read back far enough in this blog i'm sure i said the same thing about dengue fever. i didn't write this article today to scare people back home (and i swear i'm about 90 percent better) but i'm writing this as a note to myself to remember this time that i came out of something ugly again as something new and beautiful. i'm watching creativity return to me and i'm also witnessing the first tangible ideas of my next travel come into the light. it's too soon to give hints away but i'm again island bound, this time for the other end of an ocean i've recently fallen in love with.
i'll actually be done with my contract on march 7th, the day before my 33rd birthday, the Jesus year i like to think of it as. in these years i've become really good at things which i once only dreamed of. today, travel has become to me something i'm perfecting in the way that an amateur painter becomes a great artist. i found what i'm good at in this world and i've put in the hours to support it.
my coughing has stopped and the pains in my right lung have receded. i have a zest for creativity and soon i'll be sitting in front of numbers and colors with my band again trying to turn our ideas into sound. inshallah.
screw it. i'll say it. i'm going island hopping in indonesia. i spilled the beans. :)
damn, gecmis olsun
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OH MY GOD
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