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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 |
This week I finally reconnected with some classmates from SFCofM. It's a significant joy for me in a myriad of ways. Let's face it, people who go there, don't have a half hearted relationship with music, so I'm fascinated to learn a bit about how music is a significant part of their lives now and what they are doing musically. They are all musicians I admire.
One of the conversations stemming from an email volley with a fellow composer got me thinking about how composing like swimming in emotional waters. Sometimes I've had to drop a composition in order to return to it later with more techincal skill. Once however, when composing my first string 4tet, I was in over my emotional head. The waters were too strong for me to swim emotionally. I had tapped into a deep personal pool of emotion where the current was too strong for me to remain in long enough for extended periods of time, to swim. The grief was overwhelming and the emotions too unresolved. I surprised myself not realizing up to that point that there was a storm I could drown. I may return to that pool, that storm, when I'm a stronger swimmer which is more life maturity. But, as I mature as an emotional person, and emotionally as an artist, I realize that I become more open to so much more sweetness, nuance, tenderness, and so on... The texture of emotions and delicacy of emotions take off like a garden in the springtime. My technical skill will always be chasing after my imaginative and emotional maturation throughout my life, I feel quite certain. This is welcomed. Also, i recognize that my "swimming" abilities continue to need perpetually increase as my awareness of emotional realms perpetually unfold. swimming... Just like I read literature, poetry and essays to expand my intellectual and emotional relationship with life, I find consistently that deep practice, listening, and creating music deepens the emotional realm - like hunting and gathering spices for the pantry of emotional living. New flavors, new scents, new worlds. Amazing. swim What was that character in the finding Nemo film, Nori was it? keep on swimming, keep on swimming. Musically yours, Kathryn |
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