Sometimes reflection is helpful in finding appreciation. Been a little overwhelmed lately, locking up with my music and making beats without the intention of finishing them. About every third beat comes a song I'm drawn to write lyrics for: Complete and Record. A couple days ago I did an interview for a friend who is writing a paper on me for what I think might be a college art class of some sort. I enjoyed answering the questions because I hadn't thought of the answers in a while. Writing down and fitting segments of my life into a paragraph was therapeutic. More often than not I'm so absorbed in the journey I don't take an outside perspective on the life I'm living. I finished the artwork for my 8th album about 3 months ago and have yet to release the album.. I've written many songs since then that will be included on some future collection but for some reason I haven't been compelled to put the finishing touches on the 8th. Title: September Deceased. Tentative release date: well, tentative. 
The tango raps have been coming slowly, about 10 songs in 10 months of dancing. A slower rate than my usual writing pace but I'm still writing what have become known as "non-tango raps". The tango raps, though new and innovative are easy to categorize: hip hop music with lyrics based entirely on my experiences dancing tango. Creating a genre of music so easy to define has made me look at ways to categorize my "other music". I think the best way to think of it is songs about the rest of my life. Everything other than tango goes into them. So in many ways "non-tango" is a perfect description. 
I turn 23 tomorrow. People are always telling me how young I am or how prolific I am for such a young age but I actually feel old. Each year rushes by faster than the one before it.  Though I'm aware of this I still take so much for granted. I still spend so much time wasting time. I'm trying to differentiate between down time - which I view as valuable and restorative, and wasted time - which I view as taxing and unnecessary, habit forming and counter productive. I've never blogged before but it seems like a nice mix of down time and responsible reflection and healing.