To Inspire..

Hi, it's me again, back!

Over the last months, I’ve been to Omar Khairat’s concert. I was over the moon to attend a live peroformance by OMAR KHAIRAT & his band.. it was like a dream come true.

I was “inspired” &”impressed” by his wonderful skill in piano playing, & how beautiful his music writing & composition was.

I was “obssessed” by the idea of being over 60 & still have something to give.. having an audience who’d follow you anywhere & reach out for getting a ticket to your concert.. having a “Message” to deliver through your work .. and having a band / team of talented musicians like Manal Mohey Eldin or Nesma Abdelaziz or others in the band who are stars of their own.

Art mentorship. Inspiring.

I was haunted by the idea of having a “career” / “work” that’s eventfull & impressive as stone thrown in stagnant water.

I also attended the concert of Cairo Symphonic Orchestra playing Rimsky Korsakov’s Scherezade & Sergei Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante for Cello & Orchestra in e minor, O. 125 (exactly as written ;D )

I was “impressed” by the performance of the Cello soloist Ayman El Hanbouly, Playing full-focused without reading notes, playing with such skillful technique ( in my inexpert view) , & seeing an orchestra playing live I can feel the ideas & thoughts about harmony..team work .. perfect timing .. perfect coordination & discipline all come alive .. in flesh & blood.

Looking at any good musician performing, or good music played, I can clearly see years of practice..  hard work & persistence in pursuit of perfection, giving high credit to values of doing something right, & doing it over & over till it’s better.. there’s always better & there’s always that touch that signifies a performance or a certain orchestra or concert over hundreds of them.. more & above.. I see “Passion”.

Music is always my best second example for body soul mind synergy.

That’s “Inspiring”.

The idea of listening to the great music of Korsakov overwhelming my mind & soul with legendary images and the magic of 1001 Nights .. music written decades ago inspired from stories written centuries before..blowing so much power and  “magnificentce”.. “richness” of Russian Music along with the sweetness & tenderness of oriental melodies.. I felt i could understand Russian after this concert in a way proving the theory that Music is the “Global Language” of mankind.. such music that crossed over & survived the barriers & boundaries of place & time.. Everlasting impression & Inspiration.

Same thing when listening to the music of Mohammad Abdelwahab ! oh.. listening to pieces like “el phan”..”Al Karnak” .. “Al nahr al khaled” ..”el gondool” .. “eishq el roo7”…………..

Music that speaks out the soul of Egypt.. that inspiring piece of land!

What about a smash hit movie produced in 2013 “inspired by the story” of “The snow queen” by Hans Christian Andersen published in 1844 ! I’m talking about Frozen movie.

The “Sharp” talent of people like mentioned above, the clear consistent “career path” that leads to a remarkable career.. full of achievements and “masterpieces”, their works that can live & affect over time & boundaries.. that’s INSPIRING.

Now the QUESTION is:  Are inspiring works planned for? .. I don’t think so.

What does it take to get there..the inspiring glorious zone ?

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What about going everyday to an 8 hour work doing some routine tedious tasks of no vision..to cut it short going to the job you hate just because it’s “the job that pays the rent” .. a job with no room for creativity or distinction, a job where you have no “career” cause simply you probably get no experirnce rather than clerical paper work under whatever the name or title on your business card, a job where you are never “really” evaluated or directed or appreciated in any mean.

That must be disappointing. That must be killing.

The best you can do is showing some “commitment” to the work you know deep down that you can’t “respect”. The best you can do is trying to do your best and presist hard work to keep up that value.

All you do is wait .. and wait.. & sharpen your patience.

But could patience be “inspiring”?  .. could hard work be enough?.. could “commitment “ do you any good to reach that?

What about that life style of doing one thing in order to catch another.. accepting & living with “bad or mediocre “in one thing / path/ activity/ field  to reach “good” in another.

I don’t think so either.

I wish I could write anything else.. or even think of some bright “revelations”..  

But all I could come out with .. that inspiration could only be “aspired” .. by just putting your effort & time where you TALENT is.. by being on the TRACK of your talent.. or simply what YOU believe & feel you are GOOD at.

One more thing, I don’t think that everyone on this planet should give out something that is evaluated or considered..or categorized - to be precise- as “inspiring” by people.. by us, Meanwhile I believe that everybody does an inspiring thing to one another.. silently, an inspiration that you feel its effect in a smile on your face or an instant glow in your heart, an inspiration that helps us to move on & continue, an inspiration / effect that’s not written about or spoken about in media.

I believe that inspiration & inspiring output is a gift.. a grant  (or what’s called “Rizq” in Arabic) from God.

Nothing more.

  

For anyone who read this blog post..I’d appreciate and actually looking forward for your comments and what you think about this issue.

Kindly think it over & feedback :)