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Sing with Confidence!

Today my Man and I went to a music workshop. He is a musician, I am a person who has solid musicality. This was an improvisational workshop given by some folks schooled in Music for People techniques.
This morning when I did my Morning Pages, I wrote about using my voice with Confidence. I get intimidated being musical among Musicians. Like, I know how to be an Artist but not a musician. Really though, if you listen to music you acquire ideas and an understanding of it.
Similarily, it is very difficult in our culture to remain ignorant of design, it is all around us. All we need do is analyze what we are seeing, assess color, relationship, proportion.
I forget that I do this with music too.
As I listened and tried to make beats using my feet, hands and chest, I thought about how much visual stimulation I take in willingly. I take it in in an effort to encourage creative flow, to see where my mind will take it.
I danced all during my youth. Tap, jazz and ballet. I had the hardest time with tap. There is a visual and audio aspect of tap dancing that I have always had to pause over. This occured again today. It made me wonder how to utilize the visual skills I have in an auditory manner.
All of this is to say, I had great fun. I used my voice confidently. My voice, as I was reminded, is my 'first instrument'. Our first instrument.
My Man and also also participated in a quartet that I feel went quite well. I feel quite proud of both of us.

So here are the washed and ironed pieces from yesterdays explorations:

And my favorite:

Now I am off to take a luxurious bath while reading the next chapter of the Artist's Way.

Posted by Melly at January 14, 2006 08:37 PM