Along the way, Stan Stewart has learned a few things about creativity. He shares them with you in the hope that you’ll respond with your confirmation or perhaps that your experience is completely different. Both are welcome.
This is also a place where you’ll find some articles about inspiration. After all, that’s an essential part of artistic creativity, too.
I remember. I forget. On Repeat No matter how many times I get how important certain things are in my life, I need to be reminded. Some things are obvious: my wife, our home, my friends, and the list goes on for the people and relationships that are so crucial to my well-being. Other things are […]
Pain Since I started a blue-collar job (my first one since college), I’ve been experiencing pain. To be clear, I have chronic pain from three bulging discs in my neck. But this is different. Due to the nature of physical labor and long hours of driving, I’m feeling more discomfort than I can ever remember.
And thanks so much for being here! What should I blog about next? — stan stewart (@muz4now) February 20, 2018
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Magic happens in a surprising variety of ways. Click To Tweet There’s a new (better) version of this song and you can hear it by clicking here. I sometimes trick myself into having deadlines. When I joined a local chorus, I said that I’d like to sing a solo at their Winter holiday concert. Then,
Naturally, upstate New York is not the only place where one can photograph a beautiful sunset or sunrise… Travel I love to travel. Over the years, I’ve been many places around the world. Each one has an incredible beauty of its own. In particular, I enjoy natural beauty like a sunset or sunrise. Many of
One of the visual and auditory gems of the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York (USA) is Taughannock Falls. Huddled in one of the well-known gorges north of Ithaca, it is the namesake of Taughannock Falls State Park. To give you an idea of this spectacle: the waterfall drops 215 feet — the highest
You can open a larger version of these photos by clicking on the small ones on this page. Finger Lakes Favoritism Maybe I’m finally learning to love what is. I’ve lived in many places and the one where I live now is my favorite. Just a few years ago, I moved to my new home
What if the world were flat (again)? Oh, yes: I know it was never flat, But the phrase just twisted itself Out into my poem anyway. What if kindness really has no prerequisite? Well, that’s actually true. You don’t have to know, Need, Think, Feel, Learn, or Actualize anything. That’s why we say Just Be
Hope is something that people need when circumstances are not the way we want them to be. If everything is going along perfectly, it’s unlikely that it will even be on our minds. We seek hope when we need reassurance or when fear has the upper hand. Obviously, when we do need it, we really need
Silence: My friends variously tell me to keep quiet and to boisterously express Both my fear and my anxious, soapbox warnings. If I could speak and keep passionate positivity in the foreground I would speak. But silence is the better part for me. To say what I believe would be to alienate half the population
