Here’s a little note I sent to myself across time via FutureMe.org: Thinking today again about how I might fertilize and make my "garden" more lush. What are the things a good gardener does to keep things lively and rich in a garden? Rotating crops, churning the soil, watering plants, building lattice work for vines … Continue reading The Gardener
I could write about the fight of sitting down to write this one. But here's something else; I was convinced I needed to do a better recording. I hadn't listened to this one take. I assumed it was kind of halting, and generally bad. Then I listened. It's fine. Probably won't win any awards, but … Continue reading Tunesday: The Negligence of Negligée
There are five notes in a pentatonic scale, and as long as a person plays them in in key none of them will ever sound bad. It just sounds good. Maybe not great but good. That’s a strong place to start. The truth is, when I was first shown the pentatonic scale, I wanted the … Continue reading It just Sounds Good
Prompts are fun. I try not to take them too seriously. After a first impression, my thoughts veer into the different ways I might interpret a prompt. Could be a word be both a verb or a noun, like snake?Having been raised (as a songwriter) on Pat Pattison's object writing, I tend to seek the physical … Continue reading July 11th Saturday’s Alright for Songwriting
Many websites and apps count streaks. In The Creative’s Workshop I recently completed, I showed up one day and my avatar had a little purple checkmark overlaid on it. Sort of like a gold star. It meant I’d shown up and posted every day for some number of days. At some point it disappeared from … Continue reading The Streak
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