I found this pretty amazing analogy in Derek Sivers’s summary of The Art of Learning. The Hermit Crab grows inside until its shell is no longer able to accomodate it, when it leaves and goes on to find a new shell. It is at the most vulnerable state in that period of transfer, prone to [...]
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Lessons from the Hermit Crab
Posted by sridharancr on June 17, 2010
http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/crab/
Musical Inspiration
Sometimes I tend to think hard, rather too hard on writing a ‘great’ song. Funny thing, results are almost always the opposite of what is desired. I find that the most beautiful music flows through me when I’m approaching it with an open mind. A defenselessly vulnerable state of mind. During such moments I feel [...]
Posted by sridharancr on March 25, 2010
http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/musical-inspiration/
Always in Song
When was the last time a melody, a progression, a moment of sonic genius, a phase, a passage came crashing down into you, your heart, your brain and your body – bringing along with it a whole load of emotion and memories? I had my moment right now. It may prove futile to try and [...]
Posted by sridharancr on November 23, 2009
http://www.sridharsmusic.com/blog/always-in-song/