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Creative Conflicts
2023 May – The Path of Creativity – Creative Conflicts Welcome to our upstairs bathroom walls. The image to the left is the wall in the master bath and the wall to the right is from what used to be … Continue reading
The Yearning
“What you produce is not necessarily always sacred, I realized, just because you think it’s sacred. What is sacred is the time that you spend working on the project, and what that time does to expand your imagination, and what … Continue reading
Bullies Don’t Win
Have you ever been bullied for any of these? I recently finished listening to How To Be A Champion by Sarah Millican. The author narrated this biography. She is one of my favorite stand up comedians. I felt like a … Continue reading
DIY Music: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle?
I have training in music composition and have written original works for ensembles large and small. However, it might be more precise to call me an arranger. While I can write something original if needed, my heart is in arranging. … Continue reading
Good Enough
In her autobiography, How To Be Champion by comedian Sarah Millican, she weaves threads of her life into a funny historical perspective on the person she is today. She is funny, irreverent, and timely. Chapter 37 is about an online … Continue reading
Two Ends of the Spectrum
Earlier this week, I wrote about three different pathways of creativity: inspiration, aspiration and perspiration. I want to give an example of what I think are the two ends of the spectrum. Let’s start with perspiration, probably the kind of … Continue reading
Squirrels
We have a small deck in the back of our house that is visible through the kitchen windows. We have deck furniture out there. We have two large hanging ‘nuts and seeds’ bird feeders out there. We also have squirrels. … Continue reading