A few weeks ago I went to have lunch at a place called Nepenthe down by Big Sur in California.
Pretty good food, and the view is gorgeous.
After eating, we were walking around for a bit and the area looked cool so I thought I would take some pictures.
Busted out my Canon SLRKWZY991028 camera, just kidding, I don’t have one of those. Just got out my phone which has a camera built in.
This picture of the fountain looked pretty good, and I was looking at how you could see the beams of sunlight.
Walked around in that area and took a few more photos.
At the right angle and the right time of day in this spot, you could get a really cool looking shot of the sunlight through the trees. But you needed the right timing!
My brother and his friend were there with me taking pictures and they had actual cameras. I showed them the shots I got of the sunlight and they liked it and tried to take a few themselves. But the moment had passed. The timing was off, the sun had moved, and it wasn’t possible to get the same shot I did (even if they had better cameras).
In music, timing is huge. Coming in on the hit versus coming in a beat late makes the world of difference.
Your saxophone doesn’t need to be a gold plated early edition Mark VI if you know how to play and you play at just the right moments.
A sense of rhythm is priceless.
And like the pictures I took, you’ll discover things in music that just ‘work’. Experimentation will lead you in interesting directions and if you go with it, you can play some cool things (and/or take cool pictures).
What do you think?
Hi Neal, What a cool site you have…I’m only here for a quick visit at the moment but will be back. Your pics are amazing (camera or no camera)…you certainly captured the moment. And I love the way you have captured that all art is in fact the same thing. When you are in the zone…be it music, photography, writing, generally creating… there is a definite rhythm and beat that you flow with naturally. Must be bliss to simply be an unreasoning piece of nature and to live in that flow. We humans spend our time thinking our way out of it. 🙂
Hey Rosemary,
Thank you very much. Just listening, observing, and being aware helps with many things – music, photography, etc. And when you’re comfortable and skilled with something, you instinctively respond.
-Neal