Finally back to work...

I got really sick in March, and it derailed my life for about a month. I'm happy to report that recovery is going well and I'm starting to feel like myself again. I'm still processing what happened and how scary it really was. My doctor said this was something that might have killed you 150 years ago, but modern antibiotics really are a life saver. Honestly I'm just so glad that I made it out of this without any serious lasting consequences or lifestyle changes. I have a lot to be thankful for, and I'm so grateful I was able to take the time I needed to ensure I got better.

I'm so grateful for all my friends and family who helped me through the worst of it. <3 This experience has been both a scary a wake up call, and a lovely reminder of all the people in my life who would go out of their way to take care of me.

I'm continually humbled by all the love and resources that my family and friends have poured into me all my life. It takes a lot to make a person who they are, and I continue to feel the weight of that love and energy in everything I work on.

There's a lot to do to keep up with my timeline, and losing a month certainly didn't help. I've got plenty of stuff to record and edit for the album... and the endless churning and bubbling germination of undeveloped ideas and structures continues to simmer at the piano as often as I sit down on the bench.

I was away from the piano (and mostly the guitar too) while I was recovering at my parents house, and I'm so glad to be back at an instrument to help me process all of this. New songs, and newly realized songs are starting to take shape. Sometimes the unfinished song is a monster that threatens to consume crush you under its weight. Sometimes it's a towering tree covered in vines rising higher than the clouds and begging you to climb up and explore. Other times it's a limp, tired animal that you try to drag reluctantly across the finish line. And sometimes it's a confused little fish swimming through the substrate of your imagination, trying to find the water it can most easily breath in. I'm relieved to have these creatures back in my life.