Thursday, October 21, 2010
As you all know, I am all about trying to get out of my own head so I can get the clear line from my heart. Right on cue, music blog goddess Heather Browne of I Am Fuel, You Are Friends shows up with this new song by Seattle’s The Head and The Heart, live [...]
At the risk of re-hashing what may be obvious, I’ve been thinking a lot about what differentiates one creative career from another – beyond the quality of work, of course. And I keep bumping up against that elusive, magical quality some folks seem to possess. The “it” factor + 10. That “something” that propels their [...]
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A Genius is the one most like himself.
- Thelonius Monk
Originally posted here Thelonius Monk’s advice to saxophonist Steve Lacy (1960)
Reposted by Swiss-Miss here
With gratitude to Box of Crayons for pointing me to Swiss-Miss, “a treasure trove of the smart, funky and unusual, all connected by the slender and strong thread of design.”
More often than ever, I find myself encouraging young people interested in the arts to stay with their passion and in the process, stay true to themselves. I also talk to alot of parents of young people interested in the arts, and hear them express some level of angst and fear, I think, about their [...]
I don’t know how I came upon this video, but it doesn’t really matter. What I saw and heard changed me. Seriously. Glen Hansard and The Swell Season were touring in 2009, and he heard this one voice passionately singing from the front rows. So what does he do? He calls her [...]