So, I’ve noticed something:
It’s really common for creative types (musicians, writers, artists, filmmakers, etc) to get into a serious funk, especially come Autumn season. Whether it’s the chilly weather, the shorter periods of daylight, the pre-holiday blitz, or whatever else…plenty of us hit up against FUNK.
I’m not talking about catchy music (Funk as in…Soul music with a greater emphasis on beats, influences from rhythm and blues, jazz and psychedelic rock). No, I’m talking about the feeling that something is wrong in the universe.
I was all up in a funk when I read an article from Tim Ferriss. If this successful Mr Moneybags type who’s arguably America’s favorite life hacker gets hit up with a phase of Funk, why should I think it’s strange for me to splash into one. I started listening and looking around, and it turns out it’s “a thing”.
Perhaps it comes out as cynicism, annoyance, restlessness, or ennui.
en·nui
[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; French ahn-nwee]
noun
resulting from satiety or lack of interest;
(ennui isn’t mere boredom though, the connotation is really more of a life-weariness…a “funk”)
Mine hint me from August until the end of October. It was my son’s football season and I had no time to think.