Solitude: Self Discovered Creativity with Harpist & Composer April Stace

But, you know, and there is something, um, I talk about this in my first book, The Spiritual Artist, solitude.

Mm.

Wow.

Um, that's something that a lot of people I know have never even experienced.

Mm.

I know a lot of people that are like, "What?" And I'm like, "Have you ever gone to a restaurant alone?" "No." [laughs] Like, they're like, "No." I said, "Have you ever gone out of town? Like, have you ever gone to a hotel room and stayed there alone, just stayed there?" And-

Right

... and it's scary.

Yeah.

It's, it can be scary.

Yeah.

Um-

Yeah, it can be.

And, and I don't think anyone who has known me the length of my life would, you know, by any stretch think, "Oh, April doesn't know what solitude is." Like, I was always, even when I was in high school, the kid that would, you know, say hi to my friends and then go find an empty classroom to sit in during lunch.

You know, like I-

Oh, lovely

...

I've always needed alone time.

I've always, uh, I've always needed alone time.

But the truth is I had never lived alone, uh, 'cause I got married very early out of college, and then I had a kid, and, you know, it, I had never lived alone.

And I had, I think this is the most important thing, I had never done anything for myself alone.

Um, so I, one of the important things, narratives of this album, was that I took a cross-country train trip-

Oh, wow

... to Albuquerque.

Um-

But, you know, and there is something, um, I talk about this in my first book, The Spiritual Artist, solitude.

Mm.

Wow.

Um, that's something that a lot of people I know have never even experienced.

Mm.

I know a lot of people that are like, "What?" And I'm like, "Have you ever gone to a restaurant alone?" "No." [laughs] Like, they're like, "No." I said, "Have you ever gone out of town? Like, have you ever gone to a hotel room and stayed there alone, just stayed there?" And-

Right

... and it's scary.

Yeah.

It's, it can be scary.

Yeah.

Um-

Yeah, it can be.

And, and I don't think anyone who has known me the length of my life would, you know, by any stretch think, "Oh, April doesn't know what solitude is." Like, I was always, even when I was in high school, the kid that would, you know, say hi to my friends and then go find an empty classroom to sit in during lunch.

You know, like I-

Oh, lovely

...

I've always needed alone time.

I've always, uh, I've always needed alone time.

But the truth is I had never lived alone, uh, 'cause I got married very early out of college, and then I had a kid, and, you know, it, I had never lived alone.

And I had, I think this is the most important thing, I had never done anything for myself alone.

Um, so I, one of the important things, narratives of this album, was that I took a cross-country train trip-

Oh, wow

... to Albuquerque.

Um-