I think that some performances are meant to be lost. Some art is just for the moment. You give it up to have it come back to you. Finding yourself in your art is about following inspiration, discovering ideas, and developing thoughts. Sometimes we lose everything when all we needed was a few words on paper or a simple recording to remind us of where we have been.
Inspiration comes and goes like a breeze.
Sometimes a thought is lost and then found again like a dream revisited. Other times, we wait for the images to return in the night, but they never come. When inspiration finally does come, it knocks us off our feet. Just recently, a song popped into my head and I decided to record a rough version of the song onto my cassette player. The next day I listened to the recording.