Poem 5 – an #improv #poem
“Poem 5” – improvised (spontaneously composed, unedited) about the blues — or not — by Stan Stewart.
choice
WTF! or Expanding Linguistic Choices for Creativity
As part of #Quest2015 (presented by Jeffrey Davis of Tracking Wonder), Jason Silva — best known as the “shots of awe” guy — offered this prompt: “In what ways might you artfully curate your life in 2015 to occasion serendipity, creativity and awe? Ontological designing says: We design our world and the world designs us back. …
WTF! or Expanding Linguistic Choices for Creativity Read More »
I asked my friends to define “good music”. Here’s what they said.
What is “good music”? For me, it’s something different almost every day. Plus, it’s hard to define. So, a few days ago, I posted this on my social networks: Define “good music”. — stan stewart (@muz4now) March 12, 2014
review of CreateSpace for musicians
As promised, I’m continuing my series of reviews of online musician song sales tools. The previous review went over RootMusic, SmashSongs and TuneCore and why, in the end, they don’t match my criteria. Today, I continue with the review of services that don’t meet the baseline that I eventually came up with for my focus: sites …
just for now
As much as we humans may fight it, right now – the present moment – is the only moment we have. It’s etched in the words of the philosophers and 12-step programs. “One day at a time.” My core artistry is music. And I’m often a perfectionist about it. The trick is that my voice …
creative life and moments of inspiration
Inspiration. Is it something to wait for? or look for? I used to think that if I just waited long enough, inspiration would come to me. It was a sort of “the-world-owes-me-a-living” approach to the muse. As if being an artist was enough to inform the world that I would need bursts of revelation and …