Close

Robert GilliesRobert Gillies

  • News
  • Bio
  • Video
  • Music
  • Journal
  • Three By Fives
  • Downloads
  • Tour And Shows
  • Guestbook
  • Contact

JournalJournal

Back
'How To Relax' or 'What I've Never Learned To Do Comfortably'
by Robert Gillies at 10:46am from Boston, MA.
May 13, 2010
Having two weeks off from school should do something to my brain, at least that's what I thought would happen. I thought chilling out and doing (relatively) nothing would be easy. And I then I learned that it wasn't. And then I started questioning everything, except for the joy of sleeping more than I've been able to for the past 5 months; can't question that.

What I'm going on about is this: life never stops, even when you've worked your brains out for months on end, performing, writing, studying. I know it may sound like a naive observation, but it's something that I've been figuring out over the past few days. I just finished my 6th semester at Berklee and it was probably the hardest so far. As well as this being the 6th in a row with no breaks, I also took on extra credits; compound that with competitions, traveling and awards, and you have the recipe for HolycowIneedarest syndrome.

So, I've been taking time off, watching Band of Brothers, catching up on TV series', sleeping and going out for the occasional walk in Boston. And yet I've felt oddly uncomfortable doing relatively nothing. On the one hand I am aware that I need a rest and another semester of work will be starting in thirteen days, but on the other I know that there are things to be done.

I can, however, comfort myself in this state of ultimate relaxation; an album name came to me last night, on a walk back to the apartment, and I knew it was right because I've never felt so happy about a name:

Ears To Hear
Leave a comment
Latest News
Running Through My Head
Aug 23, 2010
Running long distances gives you a great deal of time for thought. Sometimes the thoughts I have can be, well, rather random. I was thinking, as I ran my quasi-stoic ... Read on
Show all
Join the List
Enter your email address:
Featured Album
Live in Montréal
© Robert Gillies 2009
Powered by KarmaCMS