Creative Doldrums – Don’t Let Them Fool You
Creative doldrums – after a big creative project, I often experience a downturn in my motivation. What’s the remedy for this?
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Singing Grief: What’s It Take To Make A Pandemic Choir?
Last week, I shared with you “what is a requiem?” Historically, choirs would sing most requiems accompanied by a variety of instruments. But during this pandemic, scientists have warned us that it may be dangerous to sing together. Though it does not compare to the loss of lives, the loss of live music was another
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Thunderstorm – a (perhaps strange) creative process story
Thunderstorm – a (possibly strange) story of creative process from Stan Stewart.
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From Nothing – the sound of nothingness and reverie
“From Nothing” is Stan Stewart’s album of instrumental sounds inspired by nothingness.
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Why Your Creative Project Never Turns Out the Way You Plan
This is not what I set out to do. No matter how much I wish for and plan for my creative projects to go a certain way, they always come out differently. Plan Creative Projects? Creativity and planning don’t always mix well. One is more of a right-brain activity and the other more left-brain. For
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Hanging In There #CreativeProcess
If you want your art to be in the center of your life, keep hanging in there. Stan Stewart explores how eventually, life will get the idea.
Unmixing – separating logistics and creation
Unmixing – sort of the reverse of a mixing/recording session where the technology gets untangled from the creativity.
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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Expectations For A Creative Challenge
I can give you summary of this post now: set realistic expectations … if you can. At least for me, that’s the trick with doing anything with great intensity. I’m writing this post in first-person. Even though the references here will be to “me” and “I”, you may find that you can relate with some