Both the good and the bad. There are some days, like today, when I sit down at the piano and it really feels like 88 keys simply isn't enough. I wonder if all that needs to be said has already been said, and everything is now just superfluous. Have all these notes been spoken for? Today as I sat on the bench all I could think was, "I've heard these notes before." And I wonder how far we have to reach to create new music. How much has to be new, and how much of it is okay to be familiar? Is it enough for it to be good music? Has "new" become the bare minimum?
Nevertheless, I have hope other days that there's still room for one more piece.
