I work with so many clients who have ‘big energy.’ They worry about being ‘too much,’ they want to be nice and fit in. But artists are people who can’t live in that place of ‘fitting in’…that’s not what they’re ABOUT. Their GIFT is to be TOO MUCH. I’m reminded of something the film critic Pauline Kael said, “Art doesn’t come in measured quantities: it’s got to be too much or it’s not enough.” PLEASE y’all. Be too much.
The composer Leonard Bernstein would complain sometimes about being dry and blocked. During those times, he’d sit for long hours at the piano and just improvise–strum chords or try a sequence of notes. And then suddenly, he would find one chord or note that “hit.” That one note suggested the next. Bernstein said that the…
“If we get lost in dark despair, beauty takes us back to center.”-Piero Ferrucci Anyone need that right now? 🙂
For a long time, the various parts of me have felt separate: I’m both an academic and a creative. I am passionate about teaching and learning, as well as creativity and the arts. As I’ve journeyed on my path, I’ve realized that it’s my mission to bridge the academic and creative. Since images lie at…
The desire to create certain outcomes hampers transformation. No matter how much we push, intend and effort, it’s clear that we don’t often have all the answers that we seek. But Something else does. We humans are brilliant when we align with Something greater than ourselves. When we loosen our fixation on what we think,…
The Poetics of Space is the title of the current book I’ve been captivated by. Not captivated by the book itself (I’ve barely begun to read it), I’m captivated by the subject: space. The Poetics of Space. I wish I’d thought of that title. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been enchanted by…
There’s a reason bank buildings are square. There’s a reason that when we need rest we go to a large body of water… or the desert. There’s a reason web designers use lots of white space. (Space allows readers’ eyes — and brains! — to stay calm so they can absorb the material.) There’s a…