Robert Fripp's Diary

World HQ The Minx has

13.09

World HQ.

The Minx has just called from Milton Keynes: back to being very nasty to Snow White.

So much stuff, in several places & areas, is waiting that it is tempting to walk away.

Q.        What to do when there is so much stuff to do that nothing is possible?

A.        One small thing in front of you.

Q.        What to do when there’s still so much stuff that one small thing hasn’t changed the pile?

A.        Firstly, this is not a question: it is a statement, that nothing has changed. This statement is incorrect: addressing the one small thing has changed everything, although this may not be immediately apparent.

Secondly, do a second small thing in front of you.

15.05  Three small things undertaken. Hey! I’m on a roll. Number Four approaching…

21.45    Well, several small things undertaken.

Plus guitar practising (diatonic arpeggios in D flat major); e-flurrying on all manner of topics – an about-to-be-becoming Guitar Craft Women’s Group, a major bootlegger in Australia, various enquiries & DGMlive matters. Lotsa diverse stuff. Much of it repercussions.

My current overall medium-term Life Aim is Catching Up. This is very broadly based. Living the lives of two very busy men, for most of my professional life, has generated multo repercussions. Many of these repercussions translate into stuff, material stuff, much of which has both personal & intrinsic value. Were I to die tomorrow, or later today even, there would be a huge mess for my executors to clear up; and there would be loss. This aim is to organise & order the material part of my lives, during the next 3-5 years, so that I am better able to address what is required of me before I am able to fly away, an unburdened and happy boy, at whatever age I am allowed.

22.15  A call from Bill Rieflin in Seattle, just as I was closing down the office. Bill is working with Curt today, and will be in England in a fortnight’s time for several gigs – and visiting an ace panto in Milton Keynes. I am on Slow Music call for the West Coast next May, says Director Bill. Yippee! says I.