Petra Jordan - Simple Song

appreciator (66) 8 years ago

This post has received gratitude of 1.72 % from @appreciator thanks to: @joshpeterson.

joshpeterson (58) 8 years ago

I know this feeling so well, of having your feelings invalidated by someone you care about. It's not fun at all. Thank God for music therapy.

Since my VP is garbage because I'm delegating out a good chunk of my SP, I submitted this to @minnowbooster. So that's where the vote from @tshering-tamang came from. :)

petrajordan (59) 8 years ago

Josh, I’m speechless! Thank you so much!!! ❤️

I wrote this song years ago... and then for years I stopped singing it because in the process of self-discovery, I learned that it was me and not the other who invalidated myself... And I felt that I wasn’t authentic when singing something I don’t believe in anymore. But then I realized I can just sing it as a memory :)

In my new songs, I like to spread more empowering messages that are based on this kind of approach

I’ve found a lot of freedom from suffering in this ;)

joshpeterson (58) 8 years ago

I've actually been thinking along similar lines. I don't want to write songs that perpetuate my suffering, but I've made peace with the idea that writing them as memories might be the healthiest way to approach the craft. :)

petrajordan (59) 8 years ago

We can either write about something that's remembered or something that is imagined. Although some might argue that even the things that are remembered are just imagined products of our mind. Our memory tends to be very inaccurate :)

In order to stop writing songs that perpetuate my suffering, I like to investigate into my beliefs that cause the suffering in the first place and see if I can find a different perspective on the same situation. I use Byron Katie's 'Work' to do that and I always find a new perspective, it's just inevitable because of the nature of that process. And it's so loving and liberating!

Then I start writing from the newly found point, a perspective that rewrites the painful memory into something usually beautiful and liberating. Not denying or pushing away what happened, just shining the light on it from a different angle and waking up to the truth - that really the only one who can hurt me is me - with my thoughts and beliefs.

That's what I call songwriting with awareness. I have developed this approach recently as a result of processing a break up... I was so charged and inspired after I did 'the work' that I sat down to the piano and the song just flowed out of me! I'll share it soon on Steemit. It's called "Heart Wide Open" (maybe not the most original title but certainly true to me ;) )

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mindseye-music (57) 8 years ago

Lovely song Petra! :)

petrajordan (59) 8 years ago

Thank you, @mindseye-music xx

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castbound (43) 8 years ago

This is really impressive @petrajordan . Your voice is really good and the song is even better. Mind if I ask whether the text is your piece of awesomeness ? Keep singing = )

Thank you for contributing to the Steemit Community.Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your next posts.

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petrajordan (59) 8 years ago

Thank you, @castbound! Yes, I wrote both, music and lyrics. Typically, I always do. I've upadted the song decsription and included that info in there. Thanks for your comment!

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ijino (47) 8 years ago

so nice!

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