The Beatles Get Back. A Process Of Motivation.






There is a video of the Beatles circulating that is extraordinary. I haven’t seen anything like it before. 





It’s a clip of Paul McCartney from Peter Jackson’s reconstruction of the ill-fated Beatles Get Back project now streaming on Disney+. 





In it, McCartney shows up in the morning, along with bandmates George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they complain that John Lennon is late again. “We’ll have to get rid of him." McCartney jabs. It’s a harbinger of things to come as the Beatles broke up later that year.





Then something extraordinary happens. It's The Beatles after all.





McCartney sits down and starts to noodle around on his bass guitar. Randomly strumming and scatting a melody, and, in mere seconds, a tune starts to take shape. 





A caption on the screen says, ‘Feeling pressure of their approaching deadline, Paul searches for new song ideas.’ After a few seconds the now familiar strains of the Beatles song Get Back starts to emerge. 





He’s being open to motivation. It’s what happens when someone lets go and follows the guidance that intuition brings. Paul McCartney is not trying to control what he’s thinking. Letting go and letting it happen is how most great artists and visionaries create lasting work. 





It’s a process that comes with trial and error. Once they know what they don’t want, the process becomes shorter. The only way to know is to just start. Resistance ceases in the act of doing. When there is no time for apprehension or embarrassment, the artist is free to explore. 





Embarrassment is a form of suicide. It stops the doer from living to their fullest. I once performed in musical theatre. If a person wants to confront and overcome fear and embarrassment, I highly recommend auditioning at their local community performing arts center. 





The best way is to figuratively do what McCartney did. Sit in the chair and stay there. Go through the process, trust it and work it. When you start making assumptions, stop and question them. Work through them instead of taking them for granted. That’s when the breakthroughs happen. 





Focus on each step and push yourself. The process is uniquely yours. No one else can do it. That’s why you feel the energy to get after it. To see where it goes. We’re all explorers that feel the unrest until the unique expression is finished. If the doer resists the expression will never exist and will be lost. 





Whatever creation is pursued can’t be compared to whatever other creations there are. The point is to keep the channel of motivation open. Satisfaction isn’t an option. Creation is and it’s mandatory to life. 





Remember, you’re making it all up with the help of the divine. Have fun! 


 Erwin Ross, Hamburg via Wikimedia Commons 


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