Cedar Ridge Road – an #improv #poem
“Cedar Ridge Road” – an improvised (spontaneous, unedited) poem by Stan Stewart
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Musical and other performance improvisations, improv techniques, and how improvisation can inform other artforms.
Winter Trees – an #improv #poem
I am enchantedby the tops of winter trees. With their twistsand tendrils,silhouettesand snares,they mezmerize my gaze. Each time my eyes areintertwined with theirmagical state,I am struckby the aweof it all. Then, somewherein the back of my mind,I find the realizationthat this is not themore cherished stateof trees by my fellowhuman beings. And I know thatin
This Grief – an #improv #poem
“This Grief” – a spontaneous poem by Stan Stewart. People’s inhumanity to each other is baffling, so the poet explores the resulting grief.
New Every Morning – an #improv #poem
Waking without an alarmand waking without alarmis like a simple gift. When each morningis a drive to workfrom a drive to survive, questionsrun simplicityout the door. My thoughts areof great things withgigantic magnitudes too many times toname. Today wasdifferent. This morning came without fanfare.Eyes flickered openof their own accord and in their own, sweettime. Though
playing with feelings in improvisation – InterPlayful
Feelings are deeply connected to my improvising. What I mean by that is emotion is often (almost always?) a starting point for my improvisations. This includes piano improv. As you know (unless you’ve never been here before), one of my key creative outlets is piano improvisation. One recent avenue to this form of creating was
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Vote for your favorite #30DaysOfInterplay piano improvisation
Vote for your favorite piano improvisation from the 30-day challenge. On November 9, 2018, I’ll tally your input and put your choices up as an album on all the streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, etc.). “How?” you may ask… By playing it (just press play) in the box below. Unlike a democratic election, you
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More #piano #improv from daily inspiration
Four more piano improvisations from the 30-day challenge for the International Day of Interplay. All I have to say is inside of these spontaneous compositions, so I hope you’ll listen. And thanks for being a supporter and friend. (Click on the picture to read the entire prompt and other tidbits about the musical piece.) Four
#interplayful – 30 days of 30 #piano #improv plays
Here comes 30 days, 30 plays. But not the kind of plays on a stage in the theatre. 😉 30-day challenge: one piano improv recorded each day. Click To Tweet Improv Plays Each piece will be created spontaneously in the moment and inspired by a daily prompt. Why? Because at the end of this 30-day
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Clouds – an #improv #poem – with original photos
Eyes closed; Just a brief moment. Open: now there are wispy bits where only blue had been. Seconds later, they turn themselves into frothing bits of colorlessness, forming almost everywhere that I can see in that skyward direction. I start to walk towards home, finding grey had taken over those unassuming clouds. The air cools
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Birthday Bonfire – an #improv #poem
I dream of rituals long since passed To which we brought old photos or wrote our deepest fears. In some tiny blaze or gigantic bonfire we would burn these bits of tattered paper. I guess that we imagined this burning could make the pain disappear or the fear dissipate. Though this imagining seems perfectly normal,