27 Apr When How You Think It Is Is Not How It Is
About eight years ago, my friend Matt and I were writing a song. With a notebook and our voices, we sat at the piano and teased out lyrics and a melody. When we finished, we decided to record a video of it and share it online. I pressed record, and we were off! When we were about mid-recording, I looked at the camera screen in front of us and noticed there was something going on in the background. I turned around to see my sister doing a goofy interpretive dance to our composition… “Daria!” I exclaimed in frustration, “We’re recording!!!” She, feeling sheepish, confessed she had no idea we were filming and left the room. She disappeared for an hour and eventually returned with a bruised ego. Once Matt left, she told me I had made her feel really stupid - that the tone of my voice was harsh! She had put herself out there to...