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s hands he talks with his hands his expressive fingers dance in the air accentuating each spoken syllable with frills of motion he s done it as long as i ve known him from his waving gesture when he first approached me in the college library to him wringing his hands this morning when he said we needed to talk his fluttering hands remind me of a baton free musical maestro bringing forth each note from a devoted orchestra or perhaps a powerful wizard generating potent magic out of thin air it s fascinating to watch but it doesn t ease the pain of his underhanded betrayal good enough 2 the special affair but also speaking of 50 word stories i ve been working on a couple of them lately and want to submit one for february to tim s fiftywordstories site but while i have a few finished none of them strike me as quite submittable as they stand i still need to tweak and edit a bit to get them to that state but i also want to share one here so i m offering one that is good enough again mainly because i don t have any more time to improve it before sharing i call it the special affair the special affair i struggle to fasten my pants the suit fit perfectly at my wedding but that was years ago i hope my date doesn t mind i peek into her room giggling she rushes to me in a swirl of pink lace i m ready for the daddy daughter dance she squeals well there you go two create52 offerings that aren t quite what i d call edited to perfection but hopefully are still good enough do you think good enough is acceptable if deadlines or other reasons force you to reach a point where you simply can t edit any further are you satisfied with good enough or do you choose to go for not at all thank you so much for visiting see you next monday for another post in my create52 series posted by stratplayercjf 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels create52 created works writing monday february 16 2015 create52 7 getting it right image from pixabay in my last create52 post i talked about the fun of creating impromptu things and i shared some music and writing that i d made on the spur of the moment but for this post i m going in the opposite direction sometimes it s worth taking the time to get it right building a watch requires that each gear has to mesh perfectly in order for it to function this type of work is hard to do on an impromptu basis you have to have a solid plan to make each gear and to know where each component goes you can t just improvise your way through the process some creative efforts are that way too but before i go any further let me offer another reminder of what i m doing in this create52 post this is the seventh of what i hope is a year long series of 52 posts under my self imposed 2105 blogging initiative to create something new and share it here on my blog each and every monday if you d like you can get a little more background about my create52 goal here in my first create52 post of 2015 now let s get to some examples of what i was talking about at the beginning of this post getting it right 1 git right on wit it recently i took another very cool wikiloops jam i d found and added two quick guitar tracks i called it git on wit it as another off the cuff jam it was certainly fun to do and my rhythm and lead guitar tracks weren t completely terrible in many cases i d have called it good enough and moved on perhaps even sharing the piece here but the more i listened to the finished track the less i liked it the underlying jam i d used was excellent the intricate layers of drums by baer and mradamondrums xylophone fred upright bass wikiloops founder dick and saxophone mrsnuts had come together really well but my loose improvised guitar on top just didn t do the jam justice so i called a do over i took the time to really listen to that jam track learning and documenting each section a little better ah hah there s only 14 bars in this part not 16 then i added not two but eleven distinct guitar parts with several takes until i was happy with each one all that time and effort paid off i think i call the revamped version git right on wit it and i invite you to check it out by clicking on the pictures on either side or by clicking here it s still not perfect the tone i chose for one of the lead tracks ended up really making it really buried in the mix for one thing but i do think it is way better than my earlier thrown together version improvisation is fun and magical when it works out but some things are worth taking the time to get right i think this jam was one of them getting it right 2 no imagination as much fun as it is writing something on the fly in response to prompt words that is actually not my normal mode of operation a big reason why my writing output remains so low is that i am a horrendous self critic and in my serious writing i typically nitpick every word until i m satisfied here s a brief example this is a piece i submitted back at the end of december to the site 50 word stories one of two i d sent in the other piece i m alive was accepted and posted on the site but this one was not yet this is the one that i worked the longest on and actually the one i thought was the better piece i had edited and revised it many times in the weeks leading up to its submission it s kind of funny to think that a story consisting of all of 50 words goes through a lot of editing but in this case it did the story may not have been accepted at 50 word stories but i still think it is the stronger piece and it was worth the time to get it right see what you think i call it no imagination no imagination i imagine us together i imagine you committing i picture us making plans but you can t see it instead you tell me to get off your porch then you slam the door so i take my acme vacuums sales kit and leave hoping your neighbor has a much better imagination so do you think these pieces of music and writing were worth taking the time to get right do you tend to lean that way in general which do you prefer in the moment creation or meticulous editing and revision thank you so much for visiting see you next week for another create52 post posted by stratplayercjf 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 50 word stores create52 created works music recording wikiloops jam writing monday february 9 2015 create52 6 impromptu i like improvisation that sense of juggling ideas on the fly creating impromptu things off the cuff in the moment with little preconception and hoping that something good comes out of it sometimes i am pleasantly surprised by what i end up creating sometimes i fall off the tightrope and crash to the ground amid a pile of poorly executed results but either way the fun of creating in the moment is still worth it or at least i hope it is but before i go any farther let me offer a reminder of what i m doing here in this create52 post this is the sixth of what i hope is a year long series of 52 posts under my 2105 blogging initiative to create something new and offer it here on my blog each and every monday you can get a little more background about my create52 goal here in my first create52 post of 2015 if you d like impromptu i improvised wistful reggae i recently added another track to wikiloops this is the fabulous online jam site where you can create and interact with hundreds of other musicians around the globe via uploaded and shared jams i found an overlooked reggae track by the user pingala which i thought was kind of cool i liked the keyboard driven slightly weird reggae mix and thought it would be fun to add some guitar so i added three guitar tracks all kind of spacy and ambient and all recorded quickly in a spur of the moment series of improvised tracks as always it was fun to do but here s the thing listening back to the final version i m not sure i really like it take a listen and see what you think you can click on the picture to the right my stratorapor icon to the left or on the link here this is one of the things about impromptu creativity it can be kind of hit or miss it can have a certain kind of unique energy that is often missing in tightly woven heavily structured pieces which have been recorded and re recorded until each part is perfect and when it works it s magical this is why deadheads love certain live recordings and often shrug their shoulders at the records the grateful dead made in the studio but it can also end up being as disappointing and unsatisfying as watching a juggler drop balls all over the place it can be frustrating because it gives hints as to what might have been and yet still fall sort i don t know maybe i m too hard on myself if nothing else it s something new that i created which didn t exist before and that s the whole point of create52 impromptu ii in prompts too but sometimes the muses come through and the impromptu efforts pay off too i didn t want this edition of my create52 to have only a piece of music i find lacking so i thought i d try some off the cuff piece of writing since i haven t got anything else new and finished to share i visited the old creative copy challenge website to see what their latest ten word prompt was and spent a half hour or so to come up with this which i call a fluke of nature i m not going to suggest that it s stellar writing but for a rough draft spur of the moment thrown together impromptu piece that used all ten prompt words in order i think it turned out fairly well you can check it out here or below the ten prompt words are in bold fluke of nature doctor nathanial hawkins paused uncertain how to respond to his newest client as a highly sought and very successful plastic surgeon to the rich and powerful he d almost become jaded to the odd requests he d had in his career but he still found himself flustered at what brooke swanson was asking i m not sure it would be in your best interest he finally said you don t have to be subtle with me she said i want your blunt assessment not your sugar coated opinions is it possible hawkins sighed and regarded her mid thirties beautiful excellent health and obscenely wealthy in essence she was the perfect patient for much of his work but she wanted much more than a tummy tuck or a new nose yes i actually think it could be possible but i question the ethics of doing it she laughed i don t care about the ethics it s my decision and it s between you and me i ll sign whatever release forms you want to make sure your ass is covered i only demand absolute secrecy but i would hope you have had enough experience with the subterfuge needed to hide your work from the prying public in his mind he ran through the procedures required each would be extensive and challenging but they would also be ground breaking you won t be able to hide it forever he said something of this magnitude will eventually leak out i only need long enough to heal then my pilot and my staff will fly me out the us i already have the island set up thousands of miles away from the news media and the lawyers all i ll have around me will be the froth from the rolling waves and blue water in every direction hawkins let his thoughts wander again if what she was asking for worked it would be amazing unlike anything ever attempted the results would be simply marvelous to behold he would become even more famous not just to the aging elite desperately searching to maintain the illusion of youth he would become a household name and he had to admit to himself he was excited about it hawkins removed his hat and wiped his brow the tropical sun was relentless but the view across the sparkling lagoon was spectacular brooke swanson had chosen well on this isolated island he followed the ripples as she swam up to the dock so what do you think doctor hawkins she said after breaching the water you still like your work call me nate he said they removed my license following the trial i m no longer technically a doctor i m sorry about that she said i m not it was worth it i m glad you feel that way i flew you down because i wanted to make sure and also to offer to increase your payment as restitution i didn t intend to ruin your career he admired the sleekness of the plasticized skin covering the buoyancy chambers along her sides the intricate way the dorsal fin had been grafted onto her spine the smooth streamline of curves as her merged legs flowed into the wide fluke of her dolphin like tail and the delicate way the embedded tubes ran under her cheekbones from her sinus cavities to the artificial gills implanted along her neck she used her arms to tread water in front of him her webbed fingers sweeping gracefully through the water he thought her even more beautiful than she had ever been you didn t ruin my career he said you made it he laughed the operation was a complete success and because of you i ll be forever known as the man who made a mermaid so what do you think did either of these impromptu pieces turned out worthwhile and even if not was the fun of improvised creativity worth enough as it s own reward do you like improvisation and creating impromptu things yourself on the spur of the moment thank you so very much for visiting i greatly appreciate it see you next monday posted by stratplayercjf 16 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels create52 created works creative copy challenge music recording wikiloops jam writing monday february 2 2015 create52 5 hands and fear 2015 has rolled into february and wonder of wonder my create52 goal is still going strong today i m sharing more writing including some exciting publication news but first if you re a new visitor to my blog let me say welcome and explain what i m doing here this is another entry in my 2105 blogging initiative to create something new and offer it here on my blog each and every monday of 2015 you can get a little more background about my create52 goal here in my first create52 post of 2015 if you d like hands of fear i ve completed another piece of writing this is a piece of flash under 1000 words called my father s hands it s kind of dark but i also think it has the potential of being a pretty good story right now i m sharing it with my critique group but after a round of review and edits i ll send it out for consideration of publication i ll probably start with the site every day fiction here s a brief sample of my father s hands the sounds of splashing faded as my focus narrowed the musty smell of the lake and the gurgle of beer spilling out from a can as it rolled across the pier slipped from my consciousness only my vision remained centered on a frozen image of my father s hands as if my mind was capturing it on film around his hands waves of water paused mid crest and droplets hung motionless in the hot summer air time and tide both waited dad s right hand stretched upward fingers spread wide almost as if he were waving his left hand was 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