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…
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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…
Literacy in America: The heart and soul of society is expressed through the arts.
You see, the common man in the United States is not supposed to be ignorant. Being ignorant is inherently UN-American.
Finding a Child's Gift
Start early, be clear about what you are teaching and give the children a chance to excel every day and be honest about their progress.
Returning to Your Passion
It is easy to get carried away with the rip-tides and undercurrents in life’s turbulent seas. It seems like you swim and swim then look towards the shore and see that you have gone backwards, moved farther away and gotten tired of fighting the waters of time in what once was your life’s purpose.
Artists are loners.
Being alone means you can remove the world’s bullshit and finally discover who you are.