Getting back on the horse

Hello dears.

Well, after preparations and a trip to Portland, I have been relatively unproductive (as evidenced by my lack of posting). I'm also visiting a grad school on Wednesday and Thursday (Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center - awesome!). Two full days and then another flight. Sweet.

So, the whole point is, I'm still alive, and I'll still keep posting.

As always, I think I will be infinitely more productive when all the conditions, time, environment, etc. of my life are settled (does this ever happen?); however, I was once given the very sage advice that "unsettled is a very creative space." Perhaps the creativity comes out of chaos. If that's the case, I'll take the current configuration as a gift. :)

Anyway, on the practical level, I can get a lot of stuff written out on paper and use my downtime in airports and on planes to enter it into Finale. Oh the day when I just send it off to the professional copyist when I'm done.....*sigh of longing*.

It might be time to re-read The Creative Habit by Twyla Thwarp (choreographer extraordinaire). There was some good stuff in there. My creative systems are still in the process of development.

Oh, and while I was talking to my Dad in Portland, I figured out how I'm going to organize my on-going creative elements (sheets of music, sketches, lyrics scribbled on napkins, poems, inspiring quotes and images, etc.). This is something I've been pondering for quite awhile. Solution: I'm going to put them in the clear plastic file envelopes that are sealed by a string that wraps around two circles (ya follow me?). All the functionality of a file without the spilling, clear, cheap, able to hold small objects, reusable. Great. :)

Isn't it fun when the solutions just happen? I guess I was working on more things than I thought. ;)

G'night all,
~m