Imagination & Dreams
How does imagination and dreams add to your creative endeavors? There's all this talk
about the right brain and left brain but not much conversation about imagination/dreams
energy. Your imagination comes from your conscious mind and your dreams from the unconscious
mind. Is there a relationship, some link, we don't see in the two aspects of these qualities of mind?
I have no answers - just wondering about the possibilities!!
How to write lyrics.
The very first thing I do , if I know my subject, is start with "10 Nouns." I make a list of all the nouns that are relevant. Then I find rhymes to those nouns. Non of this has to make any sense at the moment. Then I find "10 adjectives" and find rhymes to those. Then I find "10 verbs" and find rhymes. If you just have 10 nouns and 10 adjectives and 10 verbs you have a thousand possibilities, and we are not including the rhymes. Now pursuing the possibility process, ideas and sentences will spring out of this potpourri of verbiage. It's amazing how one can start with just words and end up with a coherent story with metaphors and rhymes. Try it and see what happens.
That's my story and I am sticking to it!!
The Creative Mind
Imagination and Facts
In art we start with facts and reveal our imagination, in science we start with our imagination and try to reveal the facts.
Imagination and Books
"To read is to live in an expanding universe of the imagination."
Knowledge vs Experience
Your knowledge on any subject can be greater than your experience but experience will always reveal the flaws in your knowledge.
The Creative Mind
Some one once asked "Somerset Maugham" where he got his inspiration. His reply was the following, " I get my inspiration every morning between 9 am and 1 pm when I do my writing." Inspiration is a poor excuse for not working at your craft every day. A holiday for an artist is finding time to work on a creative project — the satisfaction is in the doing — the process itself is an environment of tranquillity and purpose. What the world thinks comes second. In many respects it’s like improvising music on the piano, you don’t know where it will lead, but it’s a most pleasing experience in the moment. To the artist within each of us!! Happy New Year!
The First Jazz Musician - Franz Schubert
I have been listening and watching "Maestro Daniel Barenboim," truly one of the great artists of our time, perform all of Schubert's piano sonatas on Medici.tv. Schubert's sonatas are less structured than Beethoven's in many respects, but they contain a sense of improvisatory freshness.
One can feel in the music, at least I can, the sense of the moment of creation, as if he is a Jazz musician not knowing where the musical ideas will take him. For me, it's an emotional compositional ride down the musical rapids from a creative spirit! Schubert, the first song writer and Jazz Musician! Bravo! IMHO.
BTW, Schubert would write music from 6 am to 2 pm every day of his short life!
Famous Singers on the Art of Singing
This morning I was listening to the "ol' blue eyes is back" album by Sinatra from 1973. Such gorgeous singing and beautiful selection of songs.
It puts the heart at rest, gives room for fresh feelings, especially during the Christmas Holidays, to reminisce in your emotional space. A feel good place!
Here is a great quote by Mr. Sinatra about singing a song: "Sing the lyric not the words ." This philosophy of vocal acting, the nuance of the words, the shading of the various meanings of thoughts, the arc of the melodic line, it's all there when you listen to "Sinatra." This LP is 45 years old and still speaks to me as if it was recorded today. Thank you Mr. Sinatra!
He's the north star of vocal song interpretation!
Thoughts
Will power is clarity of thought married to desire!
Art of the Song
Having studied a good many years in music and stretched my mental muscles into flexible possibilities of experience, I came to the conclusion, which often leads me astray, that the labor of love and intense desire to satisfy my thirst for creativity is an endless challenge. Its rewards are in the doing!
The timeless repetition of thinking about the process, of corralling the self-doubts and taming the enthusiasm, in other words, putting the emotions into perspective. What a Task!
The tasting of beauty whets the appetite for more work. It doesn't seem like work, actually. Like a river flowing and trees bending in the wind, it's something you just do. The pleasure of sitting still and letting your mind wander and wonder about all sorts of images and colors. The Landscape of creativity can be vast and intriguing at best; but, one can get lost in this mirror of infinite roaming. Pick up the pencil, start writing, make it real - make it live in the home of context and limits. What a joy to define and catch the butterfly of art creating something out of the thin air of imagination!
The Creative Mind
How to write lyrics.
The very first thing I do , if I know my subject, is start with "10 Nouns." I make a list of all the nouns that are relevant. Then I find rhymes to those nouns. Non of this has to make any sense at the moment. Then I find "10 adjectives" and find rhymes to those. Then I find "10 verbs" and find rhymes. If you just have 10 nouns and 10 adjectives and 10 verbs you have a thousand possibilities, and we are not including the rhymes. Now pursuing the possibility process, ideas and sentences will spring out of this potpourri of verbiage. It's amazing how one can start with just words and end up with a coherent story with metaphors and rhymes. Try it and see what happens.
That's my story and I am sticking to it!!
The Creative Mind
Imagination and Facts
In art we start with facts and reveal our imagination, in science we start with our imagination and try to reveal the facts.
Imagination and Books
"To read is to live in an expanding universe of the imagination."
Knowledge vs Experience
Your knowledge on any subject can be greater than your experience but experience will always reveal the flaws in your knowledge.
The Creative Mind
Some one once asked "Somerset Maugham" where he got his inspiration. His reply was the following, " I get my inspiration every morning between 9 am and 1 pm when I do my writing." Inspiration is a poor excuse for not working at your craft every day. A holiday for an artist is finding time to work on a creative project — the satisfaction is in the doing — the process itself is an environment of tranquillity and purpose. What the world thinks comes second. In many respects it’s like improvising music on the piano, you don’t know where it will lead, but it’s a most pleasing experience in the moment. To the artist within each of us!! Happy New Year!
The First Jazz Musician - Franz Schubert
I have been listening and watching "Maestro Daniel Barenboim," truly one of the great artists of our time, perform all of Schubert's piano sonatas on Medici.tv. Schubert's sonatas are less structured than Beethoven's in many respects, but they contain a sense of improvisatory freshness.
One can feel in the music, at least I can, the sense of the moment of creation, as if he is a Jazz musician not knowing where the musical ideas will take him. For me, it's an emotional compositional ride down the musical rapids from a creative spirit! Schubert, the first song writer and Jazz Musician! Bravo! IMHO.
BTW, Schubert would write music from 6 am to 2 pm every day of his short life!
Famous Singers on the Art of Singing
This morning I was listening to the "ol' blue eyes is back" album by Sinatra from 1973. Such gorgeous singing and beautiful selection of songs.
It puts the heart at rest, gives room for fresh feelings, especially during the Christmas Holidays, to reminisce in your emotional space. A feel good place!
Here is a great quote by Mr. Sinatra about singing a song: "Sing the lyric not the words ." This philosophy of vocal acting, the nuance of the words, the shading of the various meanings of thoughts, the arc of the melodic line, it's all there when you listen to "Sinatra." This LP is 45 years old and still speaks to me as if it was recorded today. Thank you Mr. Sinatra!
He's the north star of vocal song interpretation!
Thoughts
Will power is clarity of thought married to desire!
Art of the Song
Having studied a good many years in music and stretched my mental muscles into flexible possibilities of experience, I came to the conclusion, which often leads me astray, that the labor of love and intense desire to satisfy my thirst for creativity is an endless challenge. Its rewards are in the doing!
The timeless repetition of thinking about the process, of corralling the self-doubts and taming the enthusiasm, in other words, putting the emotions into perspective. What a Task!
The tasting of beauty whets the appetite for more work. It doesn't seem like work, actually. Like a river flowing and trees bending in the wind, it's something you just do. The pleasure of sitting still and letting your mind wander and wonder about all sorts of images and colors. The Landscape of creativity can be vast and intriguing at best; but, one can get lost in this mirror of infinite roaming. Pick up the pencil, start writing, make it real - make it live in the home of context and limits. What a joy to define and catch the butterfly of art creating something out of the thin air of imagination!
The Creative Mind
Isn't it strange how we can have contrary thoughts that impede our future selves? The more positive aspects of ourselves! The two voices within, one moving forward and the other holding on to the past. The past is over and complete so we think it's secure, safe and we know everything about it. This is a false intuition, a dire travesty to ourselves in this every growing imagination of the mind. Is the imagination steeped in the past? I don't think so! For me it is the driving force for new experiences and new adventures. Does the imagination have regrets? Are there such energies moving through us in opposite and equal emotional directions? Sometimes embracing this notion of imaginative longing rescues me from the mire of self-doubt. The unknown should be a friend and not an enemy; alter all, when we are born we don't know anybody. We are thrust into the world, the universe, into the unknown with a cry - our cry is a celebration and should remain with us to keep us on a true path or many paths that is the future, which is to say, doubts are our gateway to our future selves! Embrace the cry, the celebration!!
Imagination and Facts
In art we start with facts and reveal our imagination, in science we start with our imagination and try to reveal the facts.
The Creative Mind
How to write lyrics.
The very first thing I do , if I know my subject, is start with "10 Nouns." I make a list of all the nouns that are relevant. Then I find rhymes to those nouns. Non of this has to make any sense at the moment. Then I find "10 adjectives" and find rhymes to those. Then I find "10 verbs" and find rhymes. If you just have 10 nouns and 10 adjectives and 10 verbs you have a thousand possibilities, and we are not including the rhymes. Now pursuing the possibility process, ideas and sentences will spring out of this potpourri of verbiage. It's amazing how one can start with just words and end up with a coherent story with metaphors and rhymes. Try it and see what happens.
That's my story and I am sticking to it!!
The Creative Mind
Imagination and Facts
In art we start with facts and reveal our imagination, in science we start with our imagination and try to reveal the facts.
Imagination and Books
"To read is to live in an expanding universe of the imagination."
Knowledge vs Experience
Your knowledge on any subject can be greater than your experience but experience will always reveal the flaws in your knowledge.
The Creative Mind
Some one once asked "Somerset Maugham" where he got his inspiration. His reply was the following, " I get my inspiration every morning between 9 am and 1 pm when I do my writing." Inspiration is a poor excuse for not working at your craft every day. A holiday for an artist is finding time to work on a creative project — the satisfaction is in the doing — the process itself is an environment of tranquillity and purpose. What the world thinks comes second. In many respects it’s like improvising music on the piano, you don’t know where it will lead, but it’s a most pleasing experience in the moment. To the artist within each of us!! Happy New Year!
The First Jazz Musician - Franz Schubert
I have been listening and watching "Maestro Daniel Barenboim," truly one of the great artists of our time, perform all of Schubert's piano sonatas on Medici.tv. Schubert's sonatas are less structured than Beethoven's in many respects, but they contain a sense of improvisatory freshness.
One can feel in the music, at least I can, the sense of the moment of creation, as if he is a Jazz musician not knowing where the musical ideas will take him. For me, it's an emotional compositional ride down the musical rapids from a creative spirit! Schubert, the first song writer and Jazz Musician! Bravo! IMHO.
BTW, Schubert would write music from 6 am to 2 pm every day of his short life!
Famous Singers on the Art of Singing
This morning I was listening to the "ol' blue eyes is back" album by Sinatra from 1973. Such gorgeous singing and beautiful selection of songs.
It puts the heart at rest, gives room for fresh feelings, especially during the Christmas Holidays, to reminisce in your emotional space. A feel good place!
Here is a great quote by Mr. Sinatra about singing a song: "Sing the lyric not the words ." This philosophy of vocal acting, the nuance of the words, the shading of the various meanings of thoughts, the arc of the melodic line, it's all there when you listen to "Sinatra." This LP is 45 years old and still speaks to me as if it was recorded today. Thank you Mr. Sinatra!
He's the north star of vocal song interpretation!
Thoughts
Will power is clarity of thought married to desire!
Art of the Song
Having studied a good many years in music and stretched my mental muscles into flexible possibilities of experience, I came to the conclusion, which often leads me astray, that the labor of love and intense desire to satisfy my thirst for creativity is an endless challenge. Its rewards are in the doing!
The timeless repetition of thinking about the process, of corralling the self-doubts and taming the enthusiasm, in other words, putting the emotions into perspective. What a Task!
The tasting of beauty whets the appetite for more work. It doesn't seem like work, actually. Like a river flowing and trees bending in the wind, it's something you just do. The pleasure of sitting still and letting your mind wander and wonder about all sorts of images and colors. The Landscape of creativity can be vast and intriguing at best; but, one can get lost in this mirror of infinite roaming. Pick up the pencil, start writing, make it real - make it live in the home of context and limits. What a joy to define and catch the butterfly of art creating something out of the thin air of imagination!