the importance of improvisation

i thought of this title and thought about writing this blog without much in mind but yet i feel that is how it should be. improvised.

i just made another loaf of bread. this time i had run out of all-purpose white flour for the basic dough recipe so i substituted. normally it is 6 1/2 cups all-purpose flour but i only had four cups. so then i added two cups whole wheat and a 1/2 cup buckwheat flour. i am tasting the results as i write and i am pretty darn happy about it. i will add a photo at some future date but will say it is a beautiful dark bread with a hint of a darker swirl through the crumb (the buckwheat flour). it actually has a bit of a sweet taste to it which surprises me. i thought it may be bitter for some reason but this is not the case. i guess the improvising the ingredients made me think about how i feel being able to improvise musically is somehow important. don't know exactly why but i guess if there is a gathering of musicians it is always nice to be able to sit down with them, even if you are a stranger to them and their book of songs, and be able to join them in creating some sort of sound. i guess the key point to be made is the whole creation process. and the idea of community. bringing people together through the creation of some other thing. whether it be creating a song and being a part of the whole of a tune which floats through the air or the literal breaking of bread with people, strangers and friends and soon-to-be-friends, with a loaf of bread made from ingredients that did not quite come from any previously written recipe but one that was improvised with delicate attention placed on the final product.