Teleportation Doesn't Exist (On Growing Organically)

An aspect of my writing that I've always considered a weakness is a heavy reliance on ostinatos and repeating patterns. I think this probably comes from being raised on pop/rock music with a constant and steady beat, and a general tendency towards minimalism. I just happen to be obsessed with hpnotizing repeating figures.I've always thought of this as a weakness because I tend to have a hard time writing without an ostinato; my writing brain just doesn't seem to work like that. And this makes me concerned that my writing is always turning out the same, that I'm not ever writing anything new because I'm always writing in the same way. But lately I'm beginning to rephrase how I approach this aspect of my writing. Instead of a weakness, perhaps it's simply an unavoidable characteristic of my style. And even more importantly, knowing how I tend to write my best means that if I want the writing to flow, that's the way I should be writing.I've always tried to counter this "weakness" by forcing myself to write in contrasting ways, thinking that I'd strengthen my linear and contrapuntal muscles and break out of my ruts. But the result is that I always get frustrated and don't like what I'm working on.I'm beginning to realize now that a much more beneficial approach would be to expand on the way I currently write. To let my current style grow organically in the direction I want to take it, not to force myself into a foreign approach unarmed. It's like I'm trying to force myself to teleport to a different way of writing, when really I need to be walking.