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From the Hearth

Part writing nook, part practice pad, this is where ideas and visions are honored and offered freely.

If something resonates, throw a log on the fire and share your thoughts in the comments.

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This Week’s Invitation

This week I invite you to join me in thanking our bodies. When pain or sickness strikes, I remember that this is my body’s loving way of speaking truth to me. It is an invitation to attend, and heal.

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Week 12 Invitation

This week I invite you to join me in pausing any time you hear a bell, gong, or chime sound. Just breathe and listen for 15 seconds – that’s it.

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What’s Your Musical Archetype?
What’s Your Musical Archetype?

If you’re a creative of any type (even those whose practice is separate from their income), I encourage you to do some digging and explore what your personal creative archetype might look like. What does your art do for you? For others? What do you do for it? If you’re like me, you may find that there’s more value there than you previously realized. 

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YouTube Divination: Practice 1
YouTube Divination: Practice 1

Ask your unconscious what it wants you to know β€” you might just be surprised by what you hear.

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Invitation:

Imagine your Elder self – wisened by experiences you’ve yet to have. What would they say to you in this moment?

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Dusty Demos: Be Better
Dusty Demos: Be Better

I just dug this up from the basement - a 2017 recording of β€œBe Better” from my first album, Coming of Age. Should I arrange it for harp??

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Harp on it
Harp on it

Harp on it.

A reflection on unexpressed anger, and a call to myself to finally give it a voice. To sound a battle cry for freedom.

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Week 9 Invitation

✍︎ This week, I invite you to name one thing you found beautiful – a moment, an object, an experience…anything that moved you.

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Week 8 Invitation

✍︎ weekly invitation: What’s one thing you can do this week to honor your body?

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how does it feel?
how does it feel?

feelings transposed to sound, unedited unplanned raw and messy as they are

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Tapetum Lucidum is already winning awards

As a member of the National Speleological Society, I decided to submit a writeup of Tapetum to their Arts & Letters publication, Illuminations. I included some photos I took inside Tawney’s Cave, one of myself with the lyrics to β€œStalactites”, and a link to the track as-is (unfinished). Since I couldn’t physically attend the NSS convention, it was quite a surprise when I received an email letting me know I had won an award for it.

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