Have You Ever Seen the Rain just played on my car radio. It reminds me of magic moments in music groups—all of us belting this song out at the top of our lungs. I have experienced many magic moments when I’ve sung and played music in a circle with others. And it’s interesting how magic [ Read more … ]
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Reclaiming Our Selves as Artists
I’ve always wanted an art car. (I’ve admired them for years.) And after spending the July 4th weekend with my friend Dorcey (she’s one of the most inventive, wild, eccentric, creative people that I know), I went home and started painting my RV. It’s sort of like I broke through a barrier of some sort—from [ Read more … ]
Dear Rumi
I have seen that the two worlds are one;One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call. — Rumi
Listening for Beauty
My good friend Caroline is moving to Nashville this week. Her departure is definitely leaving a hole in my life. She and I started a monthly music group in her Oakland home that’s been very special. I have lots of other people I can play music with, but very few who would listen to me [ Read more … ]
An Aesthetic Ground
In Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Betty Edwards brilliantly shows us the importance of background or negative space when we draw a contour of any object or person. By noticing the negative space and drawing the edge that defines that negative space, we shift into right-brain mode and can much more accurately [ Read more … ]