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MECOMI
Active Member
Being a creative always comes with challenges. After building your tank from the ground up, glass box, pumps, wave makers, filtration, sand, rock you are pretty much done. I understand now why people like to either break down a tank and build again or setup tank after tank in their home till their spouse says they want a divorce 
Being a creative in this hobby takes some serious restraint. All i want to do is put my hands in the tank, feed the fish by hand, move a rock, change around coral location, add something new, and so much more. You must show restraint and patience. Make changes when they are really needed and let the growth of your animals be your guide. This means some of your creative ideas will never be realized.
I have struggled with my creativity since high school and never seem to allow myself to grow in an art form. Drawing with pen or pencil came to fruition due to boredom. We did not have cell phones yet so to pass the time in a boring English class i would draw. Draw animals, anime, and may even let a drawing come to light after sketching just a couple squiggly lines. I did pretty well and had a creative edge but like most things in high school, i drift away.
Getting into a flow state as a creative is freeing. I never experienced this more than when i was a DJ. Mixing two or more beats together for that perfect drop in a house track or breaking into that booty dropping Hip-Hop bassline that gets everybody on the dance floor feels really nice!! Diving into a dusty record shop for that perfect album was a real joy and getting people to dance makes your heart sing. The DJ hobby is fun and engaging which lead me to producing.
Music production kept the hobby alive for longer than i would have expected. I made music for me at first always expecting to get better. And for six years all i did was improve. The problem with being a creative in today's society is rarely allowing multiple steps to your ultimate goal. I always thought, this next song, this next mix, this next loop is going to be my big break and instead of just enjoying myself and letting things happen organically, i expected to much out of myself. I wanted to get to the end before even sharing my gift with other people, learn from the experience, and earn the next steps. I drift away.
After discovering the reef tank lifestyle i felt the creative in me creep back in after leaving music behind. I had no idea what the pull was. I tried music again but that wasn't speaking to me, so I knew something else was brewing. Luckily as things opened back up after the Covid lockdown i was back in therapy. I discovered that i felt better after journaling and my therapist asked, "are you a writer?"
My immediate thought was, "no, i am not." The more i thought about it, the more i realized i was ready for the next thing and this is the doorway. I have never wrote more than a post or two on Myspace or a homework assignment that i begrudgingly halfhearted my way through and still found myself signing up for Reef2Reef. Writing has given me an outlet where i have no expectations, i dont believe i will be published, suddenly discovered, or be able to monetize my work. I now have a space to share my feelings, experiences, random thoughts, concerns, and a boatload of pictures that i hope my readers enjoy.
Be Creative, setup manageable goals, and experience your passion grow organically.
Enjoy the ride,
B-Kind
Being a creative in this hobby takes some serious restraint. All i want to do is put my hands in the tank, feed the fish by hand, move a rock, change around coral location, add something new, and so much more. You must show restraint and patience. Make changes when they are really needed and let the growth of your animals be your guide. This means some of your creative ideas will never be realized.
I have struggled with my creativity since high school and never seem to allow myself to grow in an art form. Drawing with pen or pencil came to fruition due to boredom. We did not have cell phones yet so to pass the time in a boring English class i would draw. Draw animals, anime, and may even let a drawing come to light after sketching just a couple squiggly lines. I did pretty well and had a creative edge but like most things in high school, i drift away.
Getting into a flow state as a creative is freeing. I never experienced this more than when i was a DJ. Mixing two or more beats together for that perfect drop in a house track or breaking into that booty dropping Hip-Hop bassline that gets everybody on the dance floor feels really nice!! Diving into a dusty record shop for that perfect album was a real joy and getting people to dance makes your heart sing. The DJ hobby is fun and engaging which lead me to producing.
Music production kept the hobby alive for longer than i would have expected. I made music for me at first always expecting to get better. And for six years all i did was improve. The problem with being a creative in today's society is rarely allowing multiple steps to your ultimate goal. I always thought, this next song, this next mix, this next loop is going to be my big break and instead of just enjoying myself and letting things happen organically, i expected to much out of myself. I wanted to get to the end before even sharing my gift with other people, learn from the experience, and earn the next steps. I drift away.
After discovering the reef tank lifestyle i felt the creative in me creep back in after leaving music behind. I had no idea what the pull was. I tried music again but that wasn't speaking to me, so I knew something else was brewing. Luckily as things opened back up after the Covid lockdown i was back in therapy. I discovered that i felt better after journaling and my therapist asked, "are you a writer?"
My immediate thought was, "no, i am not." The more i thought about it, the more i realized i was ready for the next thing and this is the doorway. I have never wrote more than a post or two on Myspace or a homework assignment that i begrudgingly halfhearted my way through and still found myself signing up for Reef2Reef. Writing has given me an outlet where i have no expectations, i dont believe i will be published, suddenly discovered, or be able to monetize my work. I now have a space to share my feelings, experiences, random thoughts, concerns, and a boatload of pictures that i hope my readers enjoy.
Be Creative, setup manageable goals, and experience your passion grow organically.
Enjoy the ride,
B-Kind
