Right Tools at the Right Time
Still on the topic of right tools. Another aspect of having the right tools, is to make sure that they are updated. This isn’t to say that you need the newest and coolest. Sometimes the opposite is true. If I stuck with only the newest Piano’s then I couldn’t experience the full richness of an old wood piano.
When I started learning the piano, I could care less about the condition or feel of the keys. I didn’t know any better. The right tool was anything that had the ability to play a one octave scale. But as I got better and learned ( some might say refined ), soon I needed to make sure that I always had 88 keys. I found that if I closed my eyes and couldn’t feel the weight or kickback, It would seem dead to me. No longer was a cheap little Casio going to work. I needed to revise.
For writing, I’ve been finding the more I do it, the more hardcore I get. I don’t want bells and whistles. I don’t want fancy formatting. I don’t want auto correct. WIth the recommendation of my Teach, I’ve even completely turned off all squiggly lines. Its refreshing. Its feeing. My program of choice ( I’m typing in it right now ) is TextEdit. A simple rich text editor on the Mac. Nothing fancy, completely simple. I didn’t even expect I would ever type in it.
I didn’t just wake up one morning and automatically know. Finding tools needs to be an ongoing process of experimentation. Get used to saying “It’s new, I gotta try it”. I like my tools today, but I’m open to the possibility that they might not be my tools tomorrow. Perhaps I might try a classic typewriter. Or maybe I need a keyboard that clicks like a typewriter. Maybe there is another kind of Pen I like. Or maybe a type of paper. If it sticks I’ll try some more. If not, I’ll put it in the pile with the others and solidify my tools today. But I’ll always keep reviewing and revising and asking “Does it still keel right”.
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