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.
In my previous post, I wrote about pushing. And not pushing. Keep Pushing Specifically, I wrote about not pushing down a sustain pedal while pushing too hard on a creative project. Well, some of you thought that I needed to provide examples. Ideally, those would be audio samples. The idea is that these would demonstrate […]
I admit it. My creative drive means sometimes pushing too far. Story Re-cap In case you missed it, I’m recovering from a broken leg. This means a lot of things have changed in my daily routine. Everything takes a bit longer on one leg. So far, I’m still crawling on my butt when I need
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Well, this news feels unexciting. Typically, I prefer to share the exciting kind. Broken? It’s winter in the Finger Lakes (region of New York state). So, we expect there to be some ice and snow. Some things haven’t changed that much. Sure enough, I was walking my dog when I encountered a large ice slick
For those of you who appreciate the web-story style of posts, see below or click here to open it in a new window. But if you prefer traditional blog posts, read on. Sound is your friend. Pensive Ponderings Press play to accompany your journey through this post. A favorite track If you play a favorite
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Thank you for stopping by. If you like, you may open this web-story in a new window by clicking here. Be sure to click on the photos in the web-story to learn more about these bits of gratitude. Thanks.
I had the good fortune to spend time with my family. And I’m fortunate that this time is something we all want. Family Time As you may remember from a few years ago, my parents moved across the USA to be near most of our family. It turns out that this was an excellent move
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Peter Gabriel in concert on the i/o tour: Attending this concert inspired me to share how much he and his music have influenced me.
A book review of Sammy Stein’s “Fabulous Female Musicians”
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Interdependence is a theme that has continued often in the creative work of Stan Stewart. Here is a web-story with some of those connections.
