Feedback is IN. Are YOU? (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 13, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-Week creativity program “Strings of Passion” is the first course of 2019 at Hip Harp Academy. I compiled this student feedback a couple years ago, after week three, from posts in ... read more
Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 2, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-week program about creative expression, “Strings of Passion,” just started and still open for 2019 registration! I find myself so moved by what the members share about... read more
Exploration #4 ~ Playing with Structure (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 7, 2017 and updated in 2019 “You must always look for those strings in life because they are all around. The strings in the sugar water that will bring ideas to them, that will bring people to them, that will be the... read more
Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 6, 2017 and updated in 2019 “The strings of passion – these seven principles – they’re not steps, they’re strings like the strings of our instrument. And there are seven, just like there... read more
Exploration #2 ~ Obstacle and Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published in 2017 and updated Jan. 17, 2019 “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... read more
Exploration #1 ~ Where is the ‘Self’ in ‘Self-Expression’? (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive “Strings of Passion” post ~ originally published Jan. 1, 2017 and updated in 2019 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... read more
Declare Your Independence – Creatively!
Yeah, yeah … the fireworks of July 4th Independence Day have faded – but freedom is something I need to think about every day as a creative – and I’ll bet you do, too. So I wondered what I could learn from the Declaration of Independence about... read more
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 more
Experiment #1 ~ Join the “Impulse” Experiment
JOIN ME FOR “Strings of Passion” Creativity Experiment #1! Here’s How: Watch this short video, try the experiment … then – if you play the HARP – join me in “Strings of Passion,” the first class of 2018 in my “Hip Harp Academy” for 10 glorious... read more
