Jan 24, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
The Spaces Between, photo: Kimberly Barber, 2020 This week I’ve been pondering the spaces between. We tend to focus on the concrete, tangible stuff. But what about what lies in the openings on either side? In music, we have silences, or rests. These moments of...Jan 17, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Spiral staircase: photo by Heide Schleider, 2019. “Wherever you go, there you are” (Jon Kabat Zinn) I have been reminded multiple times in the past week about the spiral nature of learning and experience. We experience, reflect, experience, reflect,...Jan 10, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
Hand-thrown bowl by Leslie Fagan, 2019 We all do it. Why? Sometimes it can simply be blamed on ignorance or inexperience. We all misstep. But so frequently, we act in spite of knowing better. We choose the path we know all too well is not the most efficient,...Jan 3, 2020 | Singing and Self Blog
It’s a new year. A new decade. I’m reflecting with intention on what I’d like the next days, weeks, months and years to look like as they pertain to my singing life. And as we know from these last few months of Singing and Self, I take the idea of...Dec 27, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
As we contemplate the New Year that is upon us, let us contemplate the onion. Singers are all a bit like onions. So many layers. With every new element we learn, we peel away and expose some aspect of our selves. Sometimes that process is laborious, even painful....Dec 20, 2019 | Singing and Self Blog
You without Y by Jana Philipp This solstice I am thinking about Sisterhood. That is, all the amazing women who have welcomed me into their hearts and lives, whether they are my family members, my colleagues, or my friends (or all of the above). I’m celebrating...