UpdateI’ve been around. Mostly dawdling on the internet and in real life, postponing a whole mess of things. As you may know, I have several creative outlets, and writing is just one of them, but it usually doesn’t take the forefront of my mind. I still want to post some writing here. I have many, many topics on my mind that I would love to write essays, short stories or poetry on. For now, I should probably give a formal update. This is my final year of high school. It just so happens that I’m graduating a semester early (thanks to CCP courses), so the end is only a few weeks away for me. After that, I plan to get a job (looking at a music store!) and continue music courses at a college nearby. I have been accepted to a small Christian university only a few hours from home. I plan to major in music composition beginning Fall 2018. During the spring and summer, one would hope that I’d have enough time to pursue my passions (music, writing, drawing), but there’s not much reason for me to believe that unless something changes real soon. My habits are procrastination and laziness, and over the years, they’ve grown deep, deep roots. Yet I always manage to create something. No matter how busy I’ve gotten, I end up doodling in my notes, or singing made-up lyrics as I drive to school, or hearing a concept, thinking—“Now THAT would make an awesome story!” True, usually none of these end up becoming a full-blown piece, but I just can’t get away from it. It’s a big part of who I am. So—on I go. My plan is to write, update, ramble on anything I create for the next few months. Poetry. Music. Art. Stories. Essays. Can I just start now? I know it’s getting to be a long post, but I’ve done so much lately. I’ll share what I’ve done in the past month. MusicNovember was a good month for music for me. The pressure was on for a college audition on the 17th: I had to learn two pieces and give two of my original compositions to the comp professor. I ended up giving him four, actually. The first, “Disonancia,” was an old one that he had seen before. It is the largest-scale piece that I have written to date, consisting of six percussion instruments and one piano. The second piece, “Flickers of Day,” is actually about a year older than Disonancia. I wrote it for three to four women and a celeste, but it didn’t have lyrics until November. When I initially composed it, I actually had a theme (and a piece of scripture) to base it around, so when I wrote the lyrics in November, I had a solid idea. It still needs to be edited based on his suggestions. The third, “Waltz of the Rainy Night,” is for piano. This came very easily to me, and I wrote it pretty much in a day. What’s more is that I first wrote the melody on paper, which is something I’ve never really done before! The final piece, “Night Before Chaos,” was written in the span of a month. I was about to write it for solo marimba, then I changed it to a marimba duet, then finally decided on a marimba and vibes duet. The catchy tune at the beginning is just one of many that I brainstormed at the early stages of the piece. I finally decided that I couldn’t tie ALL my ideas together into a cohesive piece, so I picked one idea and ran with it. Since I had a month to write it, I didn’t feel extreme pressure until the last few days before the audition. I had a hard time with this piece in general, but I learned a lot from taking the challenge. This last piece I want to share, “Not My True Love,” was completely unrelated to the audition. I wrote it in about two days, when inspiration and motivation were fresh. Ironically, this particular time has been pretty dry for me when it comes to lyrical songs or poetry, but something finally clicked. WritingI wanted to do NaNoWriMo so badly this month, but the audition and school kept me from doing it. I tried the first few days, and started off pretty strong on a novel that I’ve wanted to write for a long time. At least I can say I tried! In September, I began writing a series of poems cataloguing my experience as I healed from a heartbreak. I posted them on WritersCafe.com, but I’ve put them here in a word document so you can read them. Note: I’m still recovering, so I may add more poetry. You may consider “Not My True Love” as the conclusion to these five poems, but I would like to resolve this process poetically, and in the same form as the others, someday.
ArtAt the very beginning of November, I was getting pumped to write my NaNo novel, so I drew some of my characters, including some that weren’t in that specific novel: Haesel, Stella, and as always, especially Crystal. I also did a few self-portraits, and other random characters. I practiced a little with watercolors and continued to work with colored pencils. I even tried using MS Paint and a mouse to make a drawing! Boy, that was hard. That’s all for the month of November! I think a monthly review would be good for me, and good for this blog. Thanks for reading all the way through this super long post! You’re amazing!
~ Lily
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Altobits46
12/5/2017 08:16:30 pm
I agree, heartbreak sucks. and I've suffered it a couple of times to the point where I don't feel that heartbreak emotion that strongly anymore
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Lily Calico
12/5/2017 08:51:09 pm
I'm growing my tough skin right now, I guess :)
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Curlycuz
1/3/2018 05:30:01 pm
You are so creative!It is so cool to hear about how music,art, and writing are your passions.And all that you’ve done pursuing them:)
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Lily Calico
1/8/2018 06:35:54 am
Aw, thank you! :) <3
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