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The Poetry of Death – David Bunnett
I opened Facebook today and discovered a friend, David Bunnett, had died. I knew David slightly when we were young – part of the group of theater-and-artist folks who hung around the Pt. Reyes Dance Palace in West Marin, California. But I’d never really...
Dumb is Deep
Back in the 90’s I was touring Germany with an all-German band (except for me). My German was elementary, and I couldn’t understand 99% of what my band members said. Wait – let me clarify. I was touring with an all-Bavarian band. For those who’ve never...
Why Silence?
The Boston area just observed a moment of silence for the victims of last Monday’s bombings. I went to the kitchen with my husband, and turned on the radio to be silent with everyone else, wishing we were down at Copley, standing quiet and still with thousands of...
Art from Art … Curation, Sharing & Aggregating
PHASE ONE: I experience art. Yesterday the whimsy … and sometimes the cutting truth of the images. I wanted to share the slideshow, but couldn’t find the original based on the link at the end of the video. I finally found it as a download on Lydia Franzke’s ...Can Do versus Are Doing
What you CAN do and what you ARE doing are completely different worlds. To the outside world, whatever you ARE doing is what you CAN do, and anything they don’t see you doing, you CAN’T do. That’s why presentation and promotion are so important. ...
A Marvel of Sheep
I don’t know where we are – somewhere between Denver and Boise — but I just woke up early (10:30 AM – it’s early, on a tour-bus), opened the bus curtains and saw … sheep. Sheep running by the side of a two-lane road, with cowboys on horses and herding-dogs. my...
Time is a Garden
Yesterday – walking through Alexandria, VA on my off-day from the Steve Vai “Story of Light” tour – I noticed a telephone pole. Someone had built a wall of small grey stones around it about six inches high and about 12 inches away from the pole, and in...
First Flight
In which … I board the first plane of my adventure as a Rock-Harpist after a long night of practice and packing and self-inflict a mini-stigmata via mechanical pencil. (Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” Tour debuts Wed. Aug 15 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Tour schedule is...War of Inertia and Endeavor
In the war between inertia and endeavor … Inertia claims: “I’m hot and tired and therefore should do NOTHING.” Endeavor says: “If I can just find that mic I really think I can make the audio in my course videos way better … if I can find the mic.” It...
