Incubation Blues — Day 6 of the Shutdown

Each night when I go to bed, I think about the day. Is there something that rises to the top? Something that puzzled me?

I work though it in my thoughts just enough to define it. Then I let it sink into my subconscious mind for sleep treatment.

When I wake up and reconnect to the topic, it has morphed and changed.

I have a different perspective.

I hurry in to write before it fades, because I know that inspiration lives in that deeper place between sleeping and being awake.

I am still busy during the days. New contracts and rescheduled tour dates come in. We are about to deliver Walter’s next album, and we are working diligently on our livestream concerts and other content for the subscribers.

Yet, things are also getting quieter as that crazy, busy energy in society all around us fades. New questions emerge.

Here’s what bubbled up for me this morning:

I have traveled a fair bit and lived in other countries, and I find The United States is the most proudly, stressed-out society I have ever been in.

Here, stress is a badge of honor. Being busy means being important.

Yet, when stress becomes chronic and people start to fall apart, it is viewed as an…