Like all writing, this post is more of a self-portrait or confession than it is a piece of ”valuable content” in the self-help or motivational ocean of advice. The point of writing is to mine out the nuggets of truth that we learn from examining our own experience in life….
Bach, Mozart and Beethoven: A class of their own.
I have been around music now for a good 35 years. The first 20 years of my life I wasn’t really that much involved in it. An amazing 35 years it has been. What has changed in the 35 years? What have I learned in those 35 years? What is…
The Luxury of Writing Inside Your Own Ivory Towers of Thoughts
What good is living if you aren’t going to build your own inner ivory tower that has it’s own independent set of values not derived from the fads of common life?
The quiet of the library calms the nerves.
The university library where I teach a music class is right next to the music building. It is basically two buildings with one of the being where the former basketball gymnasium was and the new building is a 9 stories high and rest right on the spot where the swimming…
At some point in your life you will want to hear something that is real, then you will listen to great music and be grateful that it exists.
When I was 18 years old I knew very little about the great music of the masters. It seemed like it was so long and drawn out like having way too many notes. I would get too impatient to listen to an entire symphony in one sitting and to sit…
The Conflicts in College Teaching
I am in the middle of my first semester teaching Music Appreciation to undergraduate underclassmen/women and I am experiencing conflicts between the curriculum, the students and the mission of the university in this process. There are several issues with the class that I have yet to resolve. So, I will…
The creativity building blog: Go out and experience the world.
People WASTE a lot of time watching the news or some banal TV sitcom and whittle away precious moments in their lives when they could be involved in their own thoughts, ideas and ways of finding a solution.
Morning Pages: Blogging to unlock creativity
In the book “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, it talks about the use of morning pages to get started writing in the morning when you first get up. It is a way to take the thoughts jumping around in your head and to put them “on paper” so that…
The growing need for quality, difficulty, complexity and beauty in our life.
When I got started with my blog the only agenda I had was to have a platform to share my thoughts and experiences from my life just simply for the purpose of expressing myself. Then it was a web page on a static web site and I just wrote and…
Blog Attempt at Different Design
Learning How To Create a Better Blog Learning all of the bells and whistles on the Kalatu Premium Blog Platform not only makes your site look better but also increases your tech skills as well, and honestly, it isn’t difficult to learn how to do. This is my first time…