Creativity

What's in the water in Kingston? I don't mean whatever it was that made my leg get infected after cutting it on the ladder in Lake Ontario...I mean whatever it is that makes so many Kingstonians musically creative. There are tonnes of people there who are creative in other ways too, but being someone who used to love checking out the local music scene, that's what I know. But seriously, who from Kingston isn't aquainted with at least one succesful musician..or at least one member of The Tragically Hip?

I guess I didn't drink enough of the water because I missed out. I know I'm creative, because I'm not at all logical so I must be right-brained. Or at least I like to think so. In grade 11 I failed a math test because on the last page the solution was supposed to take up the whole page and I drew a full page picture of a fairy. Needless to say, I went on to also fail the class. The problem was that my fairy didn't even look that good.

I'm one of those people who likes to try new things, but gives up when it gets too challenging. My grade 9 art teacher was critical of my work so I didn't take another class. I refused to take my piano exams because I was too nervous and I later quit piano all together because I switched schools and I was too shy around my new teacher. After two years of being in Drama and excelling, I quit because the teacher changed and the group became too clique-like. I can only play songs on the guitar that don't have bar chords...

This goes for things that are a little more logically challenging too...crossword puzzles, Rubiks Cube (I came so close), and the Sudoku puzzles. It's very frustrating, but really it's my own fault. Maybe next time I'm in K-Town I'll have to go take a big gulp of water from the lake...I'm sure it'll make some intersting things happen to me!