11.22
November 22, 2011 at 9:40 pm
It has been a week or so since the launch of “Beauty in the Small Things” and I am TRULY grateful and encouraged by the response so far – I constantly remind myself of what motivates me and the importance of ‘feeding’ and keeping my art alive, as like the joy I experienced learning the guitar as a 15-year old hour upon hour until my fingers bled, the energy I expended to write the 100th version of a poem I wanted to impress a girl with, the long walks along the Charles river in Boston during the bitter cold winter seeking inspiration for song at the expense of frozen ears and feet!
I have this funny habit of staring into drains/rivers/piers when I walk past and trying to spot fish swimming – I find this very enjoyable and I believe it started from the days of my childhood when I used to catch fish in drains every other evening with my cousin (we were darn good at it!). In retrospect, something as mundane as that taught me about the Beauty in the Small Things!
I bet a lot of you didn’t know this but the monsoon drains in Singapore are among the cleanest I have seen! And there is a wide variety of fish, visible because the water is so clear! So do stop and take a look the next time you walk by and let me know if you find the lil (sometimes big!) ones 
Take care and grab the album as a Christmas gift!
Jon
