A while ago, my gaze fell upon this little plant. It’s a memento from my aunt and uncle’s 60th wedding anniversary. I think it’s a succulent, but I still don’t know much about it. Anyway, at first, I decided to put it on top of the speaker in my studio because I liked having a bit of green in the room.
Months passed, and I’d give it a little water every day, but, strangely (at least to me), the plant started to look sick. Its leaves turned yellow, some fell off, until it was just the central part, withered and close to death. At that point, I figured if it was going to die anyway, I’d just toss it out on the balcony. After all, I’ve never had a green thumb; I’ve always preferred chopping wood and cutting grass – I’m more of a destroyer than anything else. I decided to put it in the pot of another plant, maybe a ficus, I’m pretty clueless about plants.
Some time later, I went to check on it, intending to get rid of it, but instead, I found a completely different plant! It was twice as big as when I got it, full of life, full of leaves, and it was thriving sharing a pot with that “ficus,” plus the sun and the fresh air.
In this photo, it’s even bigger!
Why am I talking about this? Because it touches on a theme that’s fundamental to my musical hopes: finding the right situation and environment. This little plant was dying in an environment where the air might have been stale, it never saw the sun, it was alone, there were no other plants, it was given perhaps an excessive amount of water for its needs, and it was judged to be a crappy little plant just because the person taking care of it was an ignorant idiot. Once it found its environment, it came back to life, and that made me very happy, especially after recent family events. Beyond death, there is also life.
Like this little plant, I believe the music I create can also find its habitat where it can be appreciated. It just needs to be sought out, and the only way to do that is by finding ways to get it to most parts of the globe. Of course, this will require mental flexibility and a willingness to change life if necessary, because everyone would like to be a prophet in their own land, but sometimes there’s no way except through indirect paths.
To conclude, when you feel yourself withering, perhaps it’s a wake-up call to reflect on your life and seize the opportunity to make some changes. So, crisis for evolution, and perhaps to find the conditions to regenerate, as that little plant showed us is possible.
On May 27th, at this Telegram address: https://t.me/radiorock106e6, you’ll have the chance to vote for “apocalypse now” in Radio Rock’s “unfamous” contest. Voting will be open from 3:01 PM on Tuesday for the entire week, so drop by and vote for the track if you can.
As it happens, next week, on the 27th, my third single titled “Pay for My Sins” will be released on Spotify.
A week later, I’ll also release the music video on YouTube, so stay tuned!