concentrated face

                                          I think words, meaning words from the english

                                          language, have evolved to describe the "outside world".  

                                          the world that we see before us everyday. 

                                          maybe that's why it's so hard to find the words to

                                          describe what's happening on the "inside world."

                                       

                                         Maybe that's why I go to the piano or the guitar

                                         and just let it flow out.

                                                                         ....like a river flows.

                                         I feel a song comin on.

                                             ha.         too bad it's already a song.

                              check it.  I'm still in the midst of learning the song as a whole 

barefoot walks

I feel like songwriting is more of a trial and error sort of thing

You make a multiple amount of "songs" over a period of time and you test each one.

maybe you'll play one for your mom or your grandma or your friend.

or maybe you'll even play one at a coffeehouse.

but there are going to be some not-so-good ones and there are going to be some awesome ones.

that's what it seems like to me anyways.

don't count on it though, i'm new at this.

Actually I'm way new at this.

Actually, I've only ever wrote one song. Ever.

And it wasn't that good.

But lately, it seems like I've had a song just kinda waitin to be let out.

And I think it will take some time and discipline, and it might even be painful. 

Kind of like a newborn baby,

it needs to come out of the womb but at the same time it's like "ooo, but I like it in here."

And it's gonna be painful, and time consuming but in the end it is well worth it.

And you also end up having a beautiful gift from above.

Songwriting and giving birth.

Can you even compare those two?

weird.

here's a weird video that I found, it's kinda long and weird at first but at the end it makes sense.

just watch it, no questions asked.

just do it.

   

10 years

                                   I love riding the school bus with all the windows down

                                               it makes like a tunnel of wind.

                                I also love to sittin by the pool and listening to the wind

                                              make music as it blows through the trees

                              ...and watchin it rain "nature's helicopter's", those maple seed pods.

                                   I love the silence of it, sittin by the pool that is. 

                                           silence is okay, sometimes. 

                                       other times it's not and you got to speak up.

                                        i need to work on that, when to speak up. 

                                  

                      because i don't want to be just a nice guy, i want to be a good guy.

                                 ...to be known for the things that i do, not for the things that I don't do.

                                                 

what a friend i've found

what do I strive for....?

is it to be nice and kind-hearted?

is it to try my hardest and be the best i can be?

is it to make people laugh and get lots of friends?

is it to make musical fusion as often as i can?

is it to dream big and chase after my goals?

sure, im a nice, funny, musical, dream chasin kinda guy but ive been askin myself that same question since forever ago, what is really worth striving for?

and sure all those things are great but who would i be and where would i be without my friend and Saviour who lives in the depths of my heart, Jesus Christ.

For the cry of my heart is to bring Him praise and exalt His name in everything that I do.

mark my words

                                  I heard the best advice anyone could ever give me today.
                                  Except it wasn't directed at me, it was directed at a 3 year old
                                  girl that my mom takes care of.
                                  The girl wanted my mom to fix her bunny ears hat thing and
                                  my mom knew exactly what she wanted but the girl didn't say
                                 anything.....she just stood there.  
                                  So all my mom said was...."use your words."
                                 
                                  It felt like she was talking to me. 
                                 "use your words for goodnes sake tyson!"  
                                  .....she's been telling me that my whole life,
                                 and i still haven't learned it. 
                                 I'm workin on it. 


                          oooo and this inspires me to practise piano more and more.   


                                
                                

You shall not pass

A guy at school thinks I look like a wizard.  No joke.

Okay, I know what you're thinking... anybody can say that.

And you're right, anybody could say, that I have the characteristics

of a wizard and depending on the person I would think about their

statement and why they think I look like a wizard. 

But this guy....he isn't just my best friend that i've known since grade 2

and he's deffinately no stoner who wastes his time hackin darts in the parking lot

He's different.

I can remember ever since I met him, which was 4 years ago

        ....he's worn either a trench coat, a bow tie, a suit jacket, penny loafers,

an old man hat, a Dr. Who scarf or just all of the above.

                         I had a class with him two years ago and he taught me what a cajon is,

                             what khat is and about the rituals of the Icelandic peoples during the Viking age.  

I got to be in his moleskin journal that he carries around with him, he wrote down...

" Tyson has the characteristics of a wizard-  moccasins, skinny jeans and hair that goes every which way.  Needs improvment:  A long black cape and a gotee"

     Long black cape?...shouldn't be a problem

Gotee?.......not happening any time soon

Some old photos that id just like to share

that first photo was totally on a wardrobe and its totally a lion handle

soo, if you climbed in it would basically take you to Narnia, no big deal.

Aslan, what a champ.