While roughness is an important intention, it often arises by way of mistake. What can transform the appearance of a mistake from something accidental to something intentional?

Sun Ra has an answer.

You made a mistake
You did something wrong
You made a mistake
You did something wrong
Now make another mistake
And do something right
Make another mistake
And do something right

Note how the song encodes grace and groove. Repeating her mistake allows an artist to enter into her accident and turn wrong to right. And the song’s groove evokes the creative flow that is recovered by way of repeating a stumble. The stumble may thereby be examined and mined for its insight.

Make another mistake, and do something right.

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