Parts of a whole

I have my fingers in three creative pies. Or maybe my feet in three creative camps. I’ve already talked about photogrpahy, which is where I think I have the talent; and writing, which I feel compelled to attempt. The third leg is music, and that’s the one I really enjoy. The Blue String Pudding reunion reminded me just how just how good it feels to be making music with other people (the most fun you can have with a group of at least three people?). Sometimes, in this breed of music, I feel being at the keyboard can be something of a cheat. With the right patch, I can provide a contribution essentially no-handed (but two-footed). But it still feels good. There aren’t many fields of creative endeavour, I think, where collaboration adds so much to the experience of artist or audience, except possibly acting, and music has the advantage that a band can be as good as, or even better than, its best member, while a cast will be limited by its weakest. I might not be much of musician, but by hooking up with people like Steve (lead) and Jeremy (drums, and it was noticable how much we missed him at the reunion) I can be part of producing something better than I could on my own.

(No update to the fiction this week: you’ve got something else from me, and it gives me an extra week to try and get part 6 written.)