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Day 356: “The Artist’s Way” and Open Creative Valves

Posted on July 25, 2019

Back when I was in high school, a friend of mine interested me to an interesting book called “The Artist’s Way.” In it, author Julia Cameron designed a workshop of sorts–on paper–where…

Day 347: What I got from writing “Charlie’s Dog”

Posted on July 16, 2019

Writing the “Charlie’s Dog” short story (read it here) over the last few weeks was completely unique in my experience, at least as far as this blog goes. Prior to that, all…

Day 334: Approaching the 1-year mark, my short story, and seeing Abraham

Posted on July 3, 2019

So I am approaching the 1-year mark of the 365 Day Blogging Project, as you no doubt know if you are looking at the title. It has been a most excellent adventure…

Day 291: Living la Vida Creative!

Posted on May 21, 2019

It’s funny how inspiration shows up at different times, and in different ways. Yesterday my wife was working on a video showcasing some scarves she designed. She asked me if I could…

Day 289: Writing Down the Story of My Life

Posted on May 19, 2019

I just finished playing piano for a grad school musical production of a play called “Junie B. Jones.” The play is based on the kids’ book series of the same name, about…

Day 280: Capturing an Emotional Snapshot

Posted on May 10, 2019

Yesterday’s original rhyme, which we will call “Angry Toad” (though I printed title as “I’ll be the Prince/Angry Toad”), is fairly unique in these posts because, to be blunt, I was mad….

Day 270: The Art of Fugue

Posted on April 30, 2019

So for a few weeks now I have been working with a free music notation software called Musescore. Initially, I started using it because some of my students are into it. I…

Day 203: Onward into the Night!

Posted on February 22, 2019

It’s Friday night. 7:17pm reads my computer. In about 30 minutes, my wife and I are going to head over to the Comedy Spot, where I will be performing with the “You!…

Day 200: Description Post #2

Posted on February 19, 2019

I am leaning back against the chair as I stare at the screen, watching each word emerge as I type. There is a light humming sound from the center room of our…

Day 186: Another Act of Self-Expression

Posted on February 5, 2019

I am sitting at my computer in the front room of our studio. The lights are off. My “computer desk” is actually a digital piano with the music stand removed. The computer…

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