Songwriting genius


Jon Bon Jovi supposedly wrote "bed of roses" for his wife while recovering from a hangover while on tour.

"Sitting here, wasted and wounded, near this old piano
Trying hard to capture the moment, this morning I don't know"

.....


"Now as you close your eyes, know I'll be thinking about you
While my mistress she calls me, to stand in her spotlight again
Tonight, I won't be alone, though that dont mean I'm not lonely"

....

" I want to lay you down in a bed of roses
For tonight, I sleep on a bed of nails"


Trust me, I've tried to write words to music and its really really difficult. I'm amazed that it seems so effortless in the memorable songs. Bon Jovi just says that he's "trying hard to capture the moment" and it sounds just perfect.

I guess thats what makes great songs great .... they are truly inspired in ways we do not understand. It doesn't matter if the artist is recovering from a hangover or driving a car or even taking a walk ... that's probably what makes the subject of creativity so intriguing ... whats inspires these people ... when, how ... how? I remember reading that the earliest meaning of the word "genius" was a person who was an intermediary through whom the Gods could communicate with others on earth.

Great art must be transcendental. Things like "writers block" simply bear testimony to the fact that there is no "process" that one can follow to create successfully.