Differences
Ξ August 19th, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Uncategorized |
As a group we have been together since 1996 and as friends even longer. We have performed at music festivals, renaissance faires, weddings, large parties, and small. We have worked in a studio on our Cds. We have worn costumes, fancy dresses, and everything in between for performances. We are an eclectic group of women. Sometimes I’m amazed that we work as well as we do. Our clothing styles, personalities, decorating tastes - you name it - are all so very different. Our voices are worlds apart. We are even at different places in our lives. Yet somehow it all works when we come together.
Recently we tried our hand at a music video. And I think we had forgotten how each of us function in a new environment. So it became a little stressful. One wanted all the little details taken care of before we even got a working idea of a storyline - one wanted to ride the wave where ever it took her - one wanted to let the people who knew what they were doing actually do their job with little interference from the group - and one wanted to just get it done with the least amount of stress possible. 4 totally different ways of doing a project.
We got the filming done and I believe, each of us came away learning something. One came away with a new experience under her belt and the happier for it - one came away with what she did and did not want when she did her own video - one came away with the knowledge that it can be done even under not so ideal circumstances - and one came away with even a greater understanding of how her friends work in a situation they have no real control of.
Our differences are just going to become more obvious the older and more set in our ways we get. But it has always been those differences that make us work. We may find those differences annoying and frustrating at times but we appreciate what each of us brings to our group. It’s in our differences that we are all the stronger friends.