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The Force

We are given a great gift at birth: imagination. It lasts forever, without borders. It is the true "force" that makes all of us pioneers in this world and beyond. It's the one true saving grace of the human condition. If we let it, imagination can unite the world.
Steven Spielberg

Summer Tulip Exploding in Kansas City

This summer really doesn't have a direct link to music (but honestly, how many direct links are there in what I do?), but it's definitely worthy of exploding tulip status!

I'll be working at the Kauffman Foundation under the Vice President for Advancing Innovation. I'll be assisting her "in the Foundation’s efforts to determine the policy levers that must be addressed to foster innovation and codify the technology transfer field."

I'm so pumped! I move into the house near the Foundation on June 2nd and start work on June 3rd.

www.kauffman.org

Paretsky Award for Creativity!

I submitted a choral piece (actually my first choral piece) for the Paretsky Award for Creativity...and I won! The Sara and Mary Edwards Paretsky Award for Creativity recipient must be a woman student completing her junior year who has demonstrated creativity and originality in her chosen field. The exploding tulip metaphor was the basis of my creative statement for the piece.

I'm still sorting out the emotions associated with this....joy, affirmation, and the uncomfortable wriggling of trying on a new shirt that doesn't quite fit yet.

But one thing's for sure...an exploding tulip can never go back to it's orignial shape. :)

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