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When In Doubt (Or Certainty), Improvise (part 5 of 5)

On 2012 December 31 · 5 Comments · In playful artistry

No matter how much I prepare, mapping out my project, getting inspired, setting up the tools and resources I’ll need, following my creation,  scheduling time, doing what works for me, and so on, surprises seem to come up along the way. You probably have plenty to teach me when it comes to rolling with [...]

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Do What Works For You (part 4 of 5)

On 2012 December 30 · 2 Comments · In playful artistry

Thanks for making it this far with my countdown. If you haven’t read parts one, two, or three, please check them out first and then come back here to continue the journey together. Your comments are welcome, as always.

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Following and Leading (part 3 of 5)

On 2012 December 29 · 7 Comments · In playful artistry

Creativity at its best is a matter of following and leading. I learned about “following and leading” from InterPlay where this is one of the basic forms or practices. The rules are simple enough: participants chose to either follow or lead at any given moment. When leading, I initiate. I start from nothing. When [...]

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Set (Creative) Course (part 1 of 5)

On 2012 December 27 · 13 Comments · In playful artistry

Creating things is a very enlivening process. The nature of making stuff is that it comes from the center — that impassioned internal something — that humans often hide from the rest of the world. Sharing one’s creative work is a revealing, an open-hearted act that for some is quite scary. This hiding and revealing [...]

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Return of the Light Beings

On 2012 December 10 · 17 Comments · In exposed to the light

After the Light Beings appeared at Columcille for Samhain, I said that I would be publishing a video with a new, original score. Like so many creative projects, I procrastinated, delaying the publishing of this beautiful event. Everything in my life became more important than [...]

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Creativity scoops

On 2012 November 21 · 3 Comments · In playful artistry

I’m very curious about creativity and inspiration: Where does creativity come from? How different is it for each person? What makes human beings creative? What is the creative process for each artist and why does it seem to be so different for individual creative people? Can science verify anything about creativity and what inspires us [...]

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interdeterminate – improv catharsis

On 2012 October 23 · 4 Comments · In exposed to the light, present moment

Music can express all sorts of feelings. Improvised music can have a particular niche when it comes to these sorts of expressions. It has the vantage point of coming directly from the moment that the emotions occur or as an embodied response to that moment. Improv by it’s very nature is about the present moment [...]

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5 things you can do to keep play in your life and the world

On 2012 June 22 · 6 Comments · In exposed to the light, playful artistry

In my previous post, I listed five things we (you and I) can do to bring playfulness to our daily lives. Now, I’d like to offer five ongoing inspirations — projects, tools and organizations — that have been helpful to me in keeping play present in my [...]

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maximize creativity: get outside into nature

On 2012 June 05 · 13 Comments · In exposed to the light, playful artistry

I swear I thought of it first. But I’ll never be able to prove it. Well, actually, I don’t think I thought of it first. I just had it as an idea for a blog and didn’t act on it. In the meantime, there’s been another ground-swell of interest.

In what? In getting into nature [...]

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Poem 0171 (for Anita): still

On 2011 August 29 · Leave a Comment · In playful artistry

My feet drop from the bed onto the floor.
Even the wooden planks are chilled in the darkness
Of the morning.
My longing heart calls out for light,
So I close my eyes to remember that the darkness
Starts from inside.

Tender with barely awakeness,
I hover for [...]

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