I have reached a sad point in life where live music isn’t as exciting to observe as it was when I was much younger. There is a lack of hunger and desperation to “do something different” for most of the acts I encounter. It is the same covers, performed over the same rat-a-tat tempo, three …
EMILY, THE RENAISSANCE CREATIVE
The word Renaissance denotes a revival of, or renewed interest in something. We know of the redefining Renaissance period in Europe with the revival of art and literature under the influences of the classical models of the 14th to 16th Century. While that word renaissance would usually be used to refer to a time in …
A PRISON WORLD: CREATIVITY AND SENSITIVITY
“What am I in the eyes of most people — a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person — somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then — even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to …
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SO, HERE’S THE TRUTH
"The truth is lived before it is understood. It must be fought for, tested, and appropriated. Truth is the way... Anyone will easily understand it if he just gives himself to it." SOREN KIERKEGAARD For so long, I have told myself and preached this gospel; my art was good enough for me and that’s all …
THE GANZFELD AND MY BIG NOSE
"-unless I am myself, I am nobody" VIRGINIA WOOLF There is such a thing as the Ganzfeld effect. Ganzfeld is a German world that means “complete field.” It is a perceptual deprivation that is caused by exposure to an unstructured, uniform stimulation field. Usually, the result of this exposure is “seeing black”- an apparent sense of …
An Anchor for the Artistic Soul.
""Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." Ludwig van Beethoven I've always had this theory; that while it is common and heard of to hear that life exists in "seasons" and "times" constituting the "ups" and "downs" and the plateauing in there somewhere, my experience of all those things has always …
A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED
"What I have learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough." LUPITA NYONG’O I have in the past couple years of my life and journey been registering and perceiving notions I was taught, either deliberately or experientially to exhaustively dismiss with respect to being me; a girl, …
SHEVA: CHAPTER THREE
“I don’t now how I feel, I am so unsure I’m ruled by emotions But I feel nothing at all. We need a solution We need a time loop Your inaction is brutal Your reluctance so cruel.” Sheva was still considered a child according to the laws of her nation but she knew more than …
SHEVA : CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER TWO SAMWISE GAMGEE, HUH “This lasted a minute It could have been more. This lasted some seconds Guess now we’ll never know.” Sheva was still considered a child according to the laws of her nation. She knew more than any grown up though, not just what was happening to her but why it was …
SHEVA : CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER ONE Sheva was breathing so hard and fast, she struggled to concentrate on making out the sound setting her off and manage it as best she could. She heard the fast-approaching footsteps with her ears but in her mind, the cognizant interpretation signified her approaching end. She had longed for it to all be …
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