Drive Inward – pressing towards hope
“Drive Inward” from the upcoming album “Outward and Inward” is the soundtrack for this music video from Stan Stewart.
Creative Insights
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.
Reflection: Nature Is a Mirror – Don’t Miss What It Reflects
Finding my reflection is something I rarely did on purpose… I love our newest housemate. She teaches me so much. Reflecting This new member of our household is a dog. One thing she taught me recently is that nature is a mirror. (I know that I only see things this way because of projection, but …
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Composing Detours – How Pauses Help Creativity
Stan Stewart composed a track for a competition and then questioned whether that was a bad idea. Are detours helpful or harmful?
Why Creativity is More Important Than Ever
In a guest post on the muz4now blog, Melanie Allen of Partners in Fire shares her insights about why creativity is more important than ever.
Scenes From An Intuitive Journey
After a brief “intuitive journey”, Stan Stewart shares a little about his experience using words, photos, and a music video.
Forget a birthDAY – Let’s have a birthWEEK
Some people love to celebrate birthdays and others don’t. I fall in that “don’t” camp. Birthday Ponderings Well, let me clarify. I’m fine with honoring the anniversary of being born (AKA a birthday). I’m just not certain that one day is enough. Maybe that’s enough for celebrating it with my friends and family. But for …
“May It Be Time” Music Videos
Even while trying to take a holiday from blogging, I’ve continued to create. Two of the creations are music videos from the suite “May It Be Time“. Creativity Calls The call of the muse has no respect for arbitrary human schedules. Even holidays (aka vacations) don’t get special treatment. For the first music video, I …
Holiday – Taking Time Away From It All
I need to take time off from the routine. When I lived in Scotland, we called this a holiday. Vacation or Holiday I like that word. Here in the USA, this is called a vacation. I guess there’s a sense in which I want to “vacate” my typical schedule. But I really appreciate the intention …
Release and Procrastination – Life and Artistry
Today, I was supposed to release a new EP. Hmmm. I don’t seem to have an EP to release. Release This I set the date for this release. In addition, I took two days off from my day job to help make it happen. Did you ever take a day (or two) off and fill …
Making Time For Yourself When the Calendar Is Full
Does an empty schedule mean you have to fill it? No. But most people seem to have full calendars. How do you find time for yourself?