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Dear Guests, Welcome to my blog which I treat like a creative garden where I regularly plant and change this and that be it poetry, philosophy, an Oboe Brilliance lesson, an essay of some kind, or a journal about composing. Visit every Monday for oboe coaching which is also helpful for many melodic instrumentalists. Musically yours, Kathryn
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"How do you compose?" That is the most commonly asked question I hear.
This blog is a window into my creative process and philosophies as a composer and instrumentalist. At times it may contain music, photos, and poetry as well. May you enjoy, return, and benefit!   My Archives  September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009
beyond objectification
intellectual and creative freedom A rose for Zaynab/ and Sufism to the dance The purpose of art Lamentations - when my armor broke away The 5 step focus About the "In adoration of the earth" music How my life review during a near death experience influences my composing My philosophy about intruments especially the trombone "Celestial Light Ringing" In adoration of the earth Dreams of the White Horse About the music currently on the home page composing as swimming through emotions Emotional vitality through musical medicine learned by giving birth Oboe Suite Inspiration June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 |
July 9, 2009 Blog: Emotional vitality through musical medicine learned by giving birth © Kathryn Potter For me, music is strong medicine and it significantly affects my emotional health which in turn influences my mental and physical health. Spending time learning, practicing, teaching, and most of all creating music strengthens the dosage of potency of musical medicine. Even just hearing music in passing has a strong effect on me. Now, imagine hearing it in your head for days, weeks, sometimes months or years! Giving birth 100% naturally has influenced my relationship with creating music more than anything else. Applying the lesson towards music (for years) has lead to personal musical medicine in a most liberating way. That is so because I learned in an immediate and intense way to allow - without any resistance - to feel all physical and emotional sensation while giving birth in order to move through it successfully. I welcomed and celebrated ALL physical and emotional sensations to the best of my ability even if it felt like I would split in half and die or be completely overcome with emotion. I did not split in half and die. Instead, I gave birth in 3 hours very smoothly without ripping and without my blood pressure going up, without the slightest complication. The hospital staff thought the equipment broke! No, I did well. ; <>So when it comes to music, I feel it is critical to embrace and welcome ALL emotional feeling as clearly as possible, to celebrate, and to give homage, to voice, honor and recognize. To embrace all emotional feeling and all sonic sensations – in order to give birth to the most advanced form of human emotional renaissance, in an organic balanced rather than distorted or partially repressed way. When I compose, I try my best to allow the sincerity of my emotions without emotional editing, but rather putting all editing towards the perfect sculpture to honor the integrity of the emotional language and content. Okay, enough words, now time to compose more. Musically Yours, Kathryn |
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