Jun 19, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog, The Disowned (Singing) Self
Dropping the red rag (Kimberly Barber, June 2020) When I began writing this blog last August, my intent was to explore the relationship between the act and art of singing and the excavation of selfhood. I had always understood these to be intimately connected. I also...Jun 12, 2020 | The Disowned (Singing) Self
Two goddesses: Jana Philipp I’ve lost count on how many weeks in we are now…15? One thing I can say is that the goddesses in my life have continued to give me support, courage and meaning in this time of isolation. These women are colleagues, friends,...Jun 5, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s been a tough week for a lot of people. The events unfolding in the US, in Canada and around the world in response to the murder of George Floyd have rattled us all to the core. It seems perhaps frivolous to ponder matters of art and its practice in the face...May 29, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Do I look serene? I’d like to think so… Although I thought I might, I clearly wasn’t ready to start practicing this week. At least not singing. But I DID start to meditate, which has proven to be a game changer. I joined, at the invitation of my dear...May 22, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
I thought I might be on a roll last week; I talked of emerging from a cocoon, butterfly-like. I had grand plans that I would begin practicing bit by bit. Maybe even start gently: ten minutes. Fifteen minutes. Twenty minutes. I had one day where I spent some time doing...May 15, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Wake me up when it’s spring (my garden: May 14, 2020) I just got tired of titling what had become a weekly “in isolation” series in relation to, well, isolation.* I’m sick of it. You’re sick of it. We’re all sick of it. And...