Some directors work from day to day. I work from moment to moment.
The seconds of presence are where most inspiration comes. There are sunsets that promote it.
The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
I have my permanent muses and my muses of the moment.
This is why improvisational music and comedy is so inspiring: You are seeing something being born, and that energy, there is no substitute for. These songs, most of them, are about a minute old when you hear them.
The next album I make might be the most messed up thing ever. It's all momentary for me.
