Learning to drum you have to start out slow and steady, learning little by little and perfecting each task before moving on to the next. The first series of tasks are fairly easy to get through but then you reach a barrier that seems insurmountable. But with practice and continuous dedication we eventually work through it and have a new skill to put in our bag of tricks. Along the way I like to mark my path, to remind me of where I've been and hopefully where I'm headed. Kind of like a trail of bread crumbs, I get tattoos. Each one marks a time in my life that was or is significant. I'm not the kind of fool to run out and just cover my body because I can. Every tattoo is well thought/planned out. Although some have been covered over the years I don't regret a single one, always adding to create something new.
In both life and drumming there is always something new to learn, if you think you've learned everything you can...look again. I strive to learning something new every single day. There are many days that go by where it feels like no momentum is being gained but then when you stop to reminisce and realize where you've come from it's nice to see some progress. Life itself is a life long process. I'm sure to some this seems obvious but how many people do you know that have lived the perfect lives without any mistakes?
It takes time to figure things out, for some longer than others. I intend to spend the rest of my life working on the process of Life and Drumming and marking along the way with tattoos, if nothing else to add some color to my life. Here's to a Life full of Drumming and colorful Tattoos. :)
