Hesh MeisterApr 122 minLyric of the Week: MIDNIGHT WRITERToday’s Tom Sawyer, tomorrow’s Moishe Kapoyer, so help me Rush.
Hesh MeisterJul 1, 20211 minLyric of the Week: WRITE THE SONGWhat is happening? Why can’t I get it out of me? There’s so much locked inside me And I can’t find a key There’s just one more song One...
Hesh MeisterJan 14, 20212 minLyric of the Week: I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO WRITEYa gotta fight, for your right ... to write.
Hesh MeisterJan 7, 20211 minLyric of the Week: NO SONGNo song yesterday / No song today / I’m avoiding something / What it is I can’t say.
Hesh MeisterNov 24, 20201 minLyric of the Week: BEYOND WORDSIt’s late / The day is spent / I lay and wait / For the sun’s descent / Another day / Gone up in smoke / What can I say / I already spoke.
Hesh MeisterAug 27, 20201 minLyric of the Week: SO HARDI have all these ideas / But they don’t bloom when I plant them / It isn’t clear / If I should pursue them or abandon them
Hesh MeisterMar 23, 20202 minLyric of the Week: NO NEW SONGI’ve got so much that I want to say / I try to will it but the pen won’t obey / Looks like there’ll be no new song today.
Hesh MeisterJul 25, 20191 minLyric of the Week: THE BLUNGEI had to move on / Get a groove on / Put my shoes on / And walk away from the BLUNGE.
Hesh MeisterJun 18, 20192 minLyric of the Week: SONGWRITING BLUESI try to be original I try my own ways / But there’s no way to avoid plagiarism or clichés / Just when I think I got a line that can’t go wr
Hesh MeisterApr 30, 20192 minLyric of the Week: PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTHMetadiscourse is useless, but that’s all that’s left / Once the muse has flown and left me bereft.
Hesh MeisterApr 16, 20192 minLyric of the Week: NOT FEELING ITWhat’s going on? Where did all the inspiration go? What happened? What became of all the copious flow? For a while it was like the dam burst
Hesh MeisterJan 1, 20191 minLyric of the Week: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER NOWYou can procrastinate but you can’t escape / This is the craft you’ve made your own.
Hesh MeisterJun 4, 20187 minTALKING TO SHLOMO (or “The Communion of All Saints”)Some background here: Author/creativity teacher Julia Cameron, in her book Walking in This World—second book of The Artist’s Way...
Hesh MeisterOct 19, 20171 minLyric of the Week: JUST DO ITDon’t philosophize Don’t editorialize Don’t formalize Just do it. Don’t journalize Don’t moralize You’ll only fossilize If you don’t just...