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-ELIZABETH PRENTISS, Cradle Song Pic:blogs.babble.com
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As I write this I am listening to the songs of Simon and Garfunkel, one of my favorite groups. Like many people, I was disappointed when they broke up. I loved their songs which defined the world for me when I was a teenager. I loved the lyrics. I stopped following either musician after they broke up. I probably should have followed Simon since he was the creative genius behind the group. The above lyrics come from Kathy's Song, which he wrote in 1965 while in England.
Do you have any creative work left unfinished? A painting? A poem? A novel? I do. I have a novel I spent 4 years writing, but never finished. I also have several short stories. These days I tend to write my poems in one sitting with little or no rewriting.
Do you believe in what you create or do you like Simon in these lyrics doubt what you have created? Have you lost faith in your creative skills?
Here is Simon and Garfunkel singing Kathy's Song. Enjoy.
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These words come from Mr. Tanner, a song by singer and songwriter, Harry Chapin. In those brief moments of despair when I doubt whether it worthwhile to continue writing, these words bring comfort. For some of us, our art is not meant to be our livelihood. That does not make what we do any less important than those people who create professionally for money.
Fame and success is fleeting. How many one hit wonders are out there? How many child movie stars fizzle and implode when they become adults? How many writers disappear from the publishing world after their deaths and their books go out-of-print? How many artists have one major show and disappear?
Harry Chapin is one of my favorite singers because he tells stories with his music. I first heard of him when a high school friend of mine made a short movie based on his song, Sniper. I played one of the victims of the sniper. I had a chance to see Harry Chapin in concert in the late 1970's on the campus of the University of lllinois in Champaign-Urbana. And I was sad when his life was cut short by an automobile accident in 1981.
Here is Harry Chapin singing Mr. Tanner. Listen to what his wife says about where Harry got his ideas for his songs. Listen to the words of song and don't let the naysayers and critics put you down. You are gifted.
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Music is a special art form in that it touches the soul at a deeper level than most of the other arts. Music can cross language barriers often without translation. Music connects people in ways that the other arts don't. When we are happy, we all have a desire to sing with a joyful voice. When we are sad, our singing gives voice to our melancholy.
In college when I was blue, I would walk along the railroad tracks and sing to myself. I cannot carry a tune, but when alone I will sing to myself. Music moves me at a deep level.
During the last 24 years, I have seen the impact of music on my training classes. I have the participants of my classes sing and dance as part of the class. I am amazed at the power of music to break down barriers and cause people to open up and share their thoughts and feelings.
Many writers and artists listen to music when they are creating. What kind of music do you listen to when you are creating? What music gets your creative juices flowing?
Here is a video of Carrie Underwood inspiring an audience of country and western singers with her rendition of How Great Thou Art.
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"Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you disengage the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarms, it's too late."
Has opportunity passed you by? Are you so busy protecting yourself from the world that you have missed opportunities when they came calling? Opportunity often requires that we move fast. If we hesitate, we lose. And sometimes we miss opportunities because we are waiting for the perfect opportunity to appear. No opportunities are perfect. They are all filled with risk. And sometimes opportunity leads to failure. But the bigger failure is to not to have tried at all. And when we are open to opportunity knocking, we will be surprised by how one opportunity will open up other opportunities. So get off your couch and open the door. Opportunity is visiting and he doesn't like to be ignored.
Here is Rita Coolidge singing Superstar. Enjoy as you contemplate your opportunities.
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Each of us is full of potential. If you have within your heart the desire to create music, paintings, stories or poems, you also have within your heart the seeds of those paintings, songs, poems and stories. The flowering of these seeds also depends on the soil in which they are planted. Is it rich, fertile soil? Or rocky, barren soil? The amount of rain and sunshine is also important.
Is your heart ready to grow the paintings you are destined to paint? Or the poems you are destined to write? Or the stories you are destined to tell? Only you can nurture the seeds within your heart. Only you can pick the fruit from the trees your heart will grow. Your creativity is a gift. Are you using it wisely? Or have you hidden it from others? The choice is yours.
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The Study After Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953)
Life is mysterious and full of questions with few answers. The job of the creative leader is not to provide the answers but to help his audience to explore the questions at even deeper levels. Life at its core is spiritual in nature. The artist connects the spiritual with the mysterious and fills the heart with joy. Our challenge has writers, artists and creative leaders is to reach deep within our spirits and share the magical mystery of the heart.
What spiritual questions are you exploring in your art? Your writing? Your acting? Your dancing? What is the mysterious hidden within your creation? What is the song sung from your heart?
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