Renewal of Spirit: Guitar Practice

<----That's me! Kasey K. of Kasey K. Photo! haha. This post is more of a personal look into another thing in my life that makes me happy, other than photography....And the reason for me showing you this now, is because just 2 days ago, after almost a 2 year break, I picked up my guitar again! :)

What was my reasoning to stop playing you may ask ?....well, I broke a string on my guitar! And for a long time I would say, as I looked at my guitar & felt like playing...."I REALLY need to go to the music store & get new strings" but just never did, until two days ago. Why start again now? There are more than a few people in my life that have influenced & helped in my (slow) learning process with guitar a few years back. And a few good reasons & influences now.....

1. Renewing my spirit-always striving for balance...I have been doing a lot of research on spirituality & psychology in the past 4 or 5months, which has been a very positive path for me overall in leading toward self -awareness. Also, in a simple way of summing it up, I asked myself, "What makes me Happy?" & "In what ways am I inhibiting myself from doing that which makes me happy?"

2. A few weeks ago, visiting a good friend in his garage/warehouse workplace & seeing his guitar, picking it up to play & simply strumming; to once again; start my heart thinking about my broken guitar string...

3. Music....the way it 'RESONATES'--I like this definition of the word, "To vibrate or sound, especially in response to another vibration; To have an effect or impact; to influence; to engender support" & then there is this definition: "to be received or understood". This artist/musician/guitarist/beautiful soul :) Ben Harper's music inspired me, his music resonates with my soul. :)

So, with those influences, I decided on Monday to go to the music store & get help finding the string that I needed...I even replaced the broken string all by myself! That small accomplishment being achieved after 2years, gotta say It felt GOOD! It's quite obvious that most know that I love photography & I can't stop photographing. A lot of times I let that be the only thing driving me, not even realizing that I broke another string on another activity/part of my life that means a lot to my happiness. There are always excuses for why. & Time is probably the most frequently used excuse. There is Always time to explore those other things that resonate with your soul-make time for you. I've been practicing a lot in the last few days & managed to learn this song by Ben Harper, "She's only Happy In the Sun".

Just in case you play guitar & want to try it out! :)



"If the Son Sets you Free, You'll be free, indeed"

Kasey K. Photo
email: kasey@kaseykphoto.com

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