Embarking on a new journey

The ability to improvise has to me always seemed something mythical. The ability to spontaneously create music has the aura of a special talent, given only to a chosen few and withheld from others. As I do not consider myself one of the chosen few, I've always thought that I can not improvise.

As I used to play in services, I did learn to, well, let's call it 'make sound'. As an entree or a sortie I could play the organ and thus create some background. Yet what I played went from nowhere to nowhere, it did not have a form, it did not tell a story, it was, in other words, not real music.

It is only since recently that I realized that improvisation can be learned. Ons has to practise to learn to play the written music of composers, and likewise one can practise to improvise one's own music. The prospect of learning that type of practise seems really thrilling to me.

Recentely, @organduo wrote a post about improvisation (https://steemit.com/organimprovisation/@organduo/when-your-taste-is-better-than-your-skill-z3xdu2vh).

Two sentences in that post really caught my attention:
"I felt free. I felt myself. This sense of freedom is what intregues me the most about improvisation."

That's when I decided I could perhaps learn to improvise as well. After all, I'm good at practicing... :-)

So I bought a few books that can serve as a guide on my journey of practicing improvisaiotn. The first one arrived today, and my journey begins. It won't be an easy journey. I suspect the most difficult obstacles will ly within myself. Inhibitions and fears of 'not doing it right' will probably proof to be quite a challenge to conquer. But the freedom of selfexpression @organduo describes and the chance of becoming a better musician it my motivation to start anywqay.

Perhaps I'll share a few of my stumbling steps along this path.