Nov 13, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Empty playground, November 12, 2020 “Playful” has been a keyword this week. As artists, accessing the playful, childlike centre in ourselves is crucial and too often ignored, particularly in these strange times. It doesn’t feel “serious”...Nov 6, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Abandoned dollhouse, October 2020 This dollhouse appeared about a month ago on garbage day on a street nearby. For whatever reason, it caught my eye. Was it the empty rooms, waiting to be filled? The half-painted walls that seemed to be looking for an upgrade? Was it...Oct 30, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Morning Sunrise, October 2020 A new habit I’ve formed is to go for a morning walk, preferably as soon as I get up. At the moment, I sometimes even start before the sun comes up. I have taken to snapping photos of images that strike me on these walks, especially...Oct 23, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Moss, lichen, ferns, seedlings, leaves, bark, pine needles: seen on the Bruce Peninsula (October 2020) I’m discovering the divine in the small things. Once I thought I needed to be grandiose, expansive, powerful and explosive in order to be heard and valued....Oct 9, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
My (im)perfect offering This week Leonard Cohen’s Anthem has been resounding in my brain: “ring the bells that still can ring/forget your perfect offering/there’s a crack, a crack in everything/that’s how the light gets in”. I’ve...Oct 2, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Early morning sumach turning colour Sept. 2020 “Let beauty awake”, the title of one of the Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan Williams came to mind as I sat down to write… These days seem so full and there is so much to learn, to do, to adapt to. Where...