Gulaal' gave me a chance to channelise my restlessness into a character that had layers of complexity.
I'm always pushing back against the last thing I did in some way, and some of that is restlessness and a sense of limited time.
No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
My restlessness leaves my mind racing as I try to wind down at the end of mandatory recovery day. It keeps me tossing after poor performances. And if I played well, well... playing well makes me itch to play better; there is always room for improvement.
While I don't know if I exist in the land of the elite, I'm definitely on the battlefield with restlessness.
The creative people I admire seem to share many characteristics: A fierce restlessness. Healthy cynicism. A real world perspective. An ability to simplify. Restraint. Patience. A genuine balance of confidence and insecurity. And most importantly, humanity.
It's one of those weird things where I'm always curious about what's next. It's not just an empty restlessness, I try to appreciate things as they're going along and in the moment, but when things are good, I'm always anxious about how I can better that or take it on further.
I have always just made things. I don't see what I make as being defined by a medium or aesthetic. It probably comes more from a fundamental restlessness, an attempt to create tools for questioning or understanding, and I have always been interested in using a wide spectrum of mediums to do this.
To put meaning in one's life may end in madness, But life without meaning is the torture Of restlessness and vague desire-It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid.
Abundance and vigor of automatic movements are desirable, and even a considerable degree of restlessness is a good sign in young children.
