Aug 28, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Breathing the Air of Art: first post-COVID visit to the AGO, August 2020 Last week’s post examined the idea of an artist’s selfishness, and I’ve been thinking more about that since. The space we need to make art, to create, is largely a personal one,...Aug 21, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Apologies once again to my readers…somehow life seems to be interfering with my blogging discipline of late. I began this post last week and then promptly forgot. It’s a topic I’ve been ruminating on for a bit, because I think it affects many...Aug 7, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Many sides of me in the room (and I never said I was a photographer…) [Apologies for those of you who regularly read these posts…I somehow erred last week and didn’t end up scheduling the publication of this post, so I will go ahead and share it this...Jul 24, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Everybody needs a vacation. And this week I’m getting mine. So no deep thoughts, no meditations in public forums, nothing but rest and relaxation. As you read this, I’m at a cottage somewhere near Georgian Bay in Ontario, enjoying the company of my...Jul 17, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
My practice in the last week or two has very much been focused on this principle, embodied in the book by the same name by Byron Katie. I’ve been sitting more deeply in who I am: as a human, as a musician, as a singer, and just owning it. I’ve been...Jul 10, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
I’ve been pondering several things this week in my practice, but a major theme has been self-love. In recognition of the fact that my singing journey is very connected to my life journey, I observe that I tend to recoil from the hug. That is to say that, when I...
