The Whims

We're all so saturated with media that we've become mostly desensitized to creativity; most creative thought is not unique enough to soak in to most of us. We're like sponges in a waterfall, which is why my biggest fear when making music is to write a "My Sweet Lord" and plagiarize unintentionally. But how much of what I've heard is remembered subconsciously, or worse, claimed as my own unconsciously? Inventive or iterative?

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"Lightning in my lung" is the cold, aldrenal jolt only truly remembered under emotional stress, arching through your conductive nerves outward from your chest - inspired by an poignant but uncredited "Chinese poem" on the radio that I have not been able to find the source of, and for all I know was made up by its (unnamed) reciter:

I'm struck
by the lightning
of seeing you
after you're gone

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Here is an ultrasound of "The Whims" in the iWomb (click to enlarge):