Category: Creativity Topics

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…

Day 153: A Perk of Teaching Music

Posted on January 3, 2019

One of the big perks of teaching music is that I get to write music for my students. Today I have been working on a new piece for one class in which…