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Inspiration is a fickle beast. It hits me when I least expect it and compels me to do the strangest things. I’ve woken up in the middle of the night desperate to jot down the most brilliant idea, only to wake up in the morning and find that the rules for “bike polo” are not worth the paper I wrote them on. Impulse buys on Amazon for Chinese poetry, hours upon hours spent binge watching magic tricks, dancing behind closed doors with tap shoes… the list goes on. If I can find the motivation to do so many weird things sober then I’d hate to envision my life as an alcoholic. Sometimes I wish that I could keep my inspiration in check, but occasionally letting it take control of my life hasn’t been the worst. I wouldn’t be a musician were it not for composers like Junichi Masuda and J. S. Bach, and pursuing a career in music has connected me with life-long friends, all of whom are inspirations themselves. Not a bad track record if we can forget the bike polo incident. Looking back at my unde

Inspiration is a fickle beast. It hits me when I least expect it and compels me to do the strangest things. I’ve woken up in the middle of the night desperate to jot down the most brilliant idea, only to wake up in the morning and find that the rules for “bike polo” are not worth the paper I wrote them on. Impulse buys on Amazon for Chinese poetry, hours upon hours spent binge watching magic tricks, dancing behind closed doors with tap shoes… the list goes on. If I can find the motivation to do so many weird things sober then I’d hate to envision my life as an alcoholic. Sometimes I wish that