Dear Creative Adventurer … Discovering the Strings of Passion
Every week (or so) when I send out to the people on my email list, I begin each email with “Dear Creative Adventurer,” and that started a couple years ago. So … what is creative adventure – and why do I address you as a “Creative Adventurer’? I... read moreObstacle and Impulse (Strings of Passion)
“Sometimes we lose the creative impulse because there are obstacles in our way. But it’s always there. It’s always there.” The quote above is from the following video, an excerpt from my “Intro to Strings of Passion” Webinar. To see... read more
Can you make it? Live show & FREE Online Training
Whew! I escaped Boston just a few hours before the Bomb Cyclone hit – and I just got back from the NYC Chamber Music America conference which was all about the Jazz-Classical connection – which is at the heart of my own concerts, compositions and... read moreWhere is the ‘Self’ in ‘Self-Expression’? (Strings of Passion)
I love to work with impassioned people. I love to learn from impassioned people, I love to talk to impassioned people, I love to play with impassioned people. And as a coach and as a mentor, I love to help impassioned people – maybe that’s you – to... read more
The Artistry of Giving
I want to tell you about a gift I once received and the impact it had on me – which had nothing to do with the gift itself and everything to do with the way it was given. But first – Harp Players – let me tell you that I’m doing a webinar this Sun.... read more
Play WITH the Game of Music
(Some of the content in this post was originally published 9/23/2015 and was updated 10/20/2017) We don’t even know that we’ve put them on ourselves. Creative handcuffs close slowly. Unnoticeable until they’re tight on our hands. They’re invisible. They’re inside... read more
I should LOWER my expectations???
Right now, students in my “Baroque Flamenco Beyond the Page” class are about to submit their Final (Beginning) Projects. I call them “Final (Beginning)” projects because I like students to realize that they’re not the end of their... read more
Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha after Week 3
My new 10-week program about creative expression, “Strings of Passion,“ just started its 4th week, and I find myself so moved by what the members share about their discoveries in the course. Each time someone pulls out a quote, or restates it, it expands... read more
A Message from the Jamlog Collectomatic
My new 10-Week creativity program “Strings of Passion” opened on Tuesday and I got this message yesterday via the “Jamlog Collectomatic,” an anonymous sharing form I created that lets people share what’s happening with them without... read more
