how to make music

fold an origami paper crane and give it a name make peace with the fire hydrant place three stones in the snow. this is your face stab four sticks into the snow. these are your legs stand on all fours for twenty minutes a day make a funny face at the DMV a sheet of paper on your desk. use a pencil to write the word "bark'. erase it. write it again. repeat as needed is there something going on out there? look out the window and growl softly. Undiscovered Genius of the Mississippi Delta when planning your outfits for the day, do not trust your eyes. take a selfie in the mirror and put it through a filter that simulates red/green colorblindness and base your decision on this vision alone when bathing, use more shampoo than is strictly necessary. put socks on your hands and clench your fists, attempt to send a text message sleep 18 hours a day learn to appreciate large sticks sleep 2 hours a day smell a stamp pad very closely, such that the tip of your nose is blackened refuse to ever be cruel again look at the "O" key on your keyboard. now look at the "W" key. Look at the "0" key again. ask yourself: what is this? imagine the process of consuming a pile of logs. you are now a termite. tell your family you're not a dog anymore, that you're a human being instead. thank them profusely for accepting you as you are join hands with one or more friends to form a circle. recite the letters of the alphabet in random order. be careful not to repeat any! in the middle of the night go outside and howl at the moon. keep howling for 30 minutes, 40 minutes, as long as possible, until your throat is hoarse. now you are a horse. in memory of every animal that ever died, stretch a rubber band between your fingers and pluck it. attempt to identify the species of your friends by examining their footprints freak out whenever you see a mirror imagine a huge cloud of monarch butterflies migrating. squint your eyes. the butterflies blur together. it's a tiger. you are now a tiger. play baseball. run in the wrong direction. to the best of your knowledge, explain the Coriolis effect to the coach watch the film Jaws. every time the shark appears, point your finger at the screen. learn how to cry learn how to love learn how to let go learn that words are words that people will soon forget. learn that this is useless. learn that this isnt useless. learn what the fuck nuance is. learn that it doesnt matter. none of this makes sense to you right? it makes sense to me. thats the artistic process.