"Funk" or "I Am Not Writing About the Goodness That Is The Musical Stylings of George Clinton"

I once heard this quote: “I like all of my music on my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.”

This quote describes me. I am a notorious iTunes shuffler. However, as I was reading the other day, with the music washing over me, shuffle provided me with George Clinton and the P Funk All Stars. I haven’t listened to them in awhile, and to be honest, its not quality reading music. But it is infectious.

Anyway…that was a long introduction that has nothing to do with what I am thinking about, but I hadn’t listened to the funkmaster in awhile.

The truth is that I am in a funk. And a big part of me wants to sit down and write a lot about my “emotions” and my “feelings” and whatnot. I really find writing cathartic. I am not good at verbally processing, but I could sit here and type forever.

However, a friend recently shared this quote with me. Well, not really with me. She shared it with everyone who follows her on twitter, but I like to feel more important and think that people are tweeting just for me. Anyway, shallow narcissism aside, here is the quote:

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”

- Henry David Thoreau

I think one reason I am remaining in a funk is because I am writing a lot (not on here obviously). But it raises the question, how are you living? How are you finding your passion? How are you exploring contentment? How do you define standing to live? What do you live for?

These are just some of the questions I am asking myself, along with I wonder how long it would take me to get some seriously awesome multi-colored dreads?