I’m cheating today. Lesley is not a person, it’s my university. But tonight were the thesis presentations for Masters of Education in Community Art and in Integrated Teaching through the Arts AKA a lot of awesome people talking about a whole variety of inspiring things. I got to present my book, perform three of the …
the idea: make an interactive piano curriculum I’ve taken classical piano since I was about five years old. I had a wonderful, patient teacher who worked with both me and my sister through the tough years of family divorce and elementary school. She even dealt with the two of us in middle school, which can’t have …
This week I learned a new story called the Magical Burro. It was actually one of the stories that a classmate of mine learned and performed in my January storytelling class at Lesley. It stuck with me all this time and I thought it was about time to learn it. When I’m learning a story, …
When I was a kid I went through several different phases of self-definition. The first was in about second grade when I decided that I would stop wearing dresses, pink, and purple because I wanted to be a tomboy. For the next three years that was exactly what I did because I wanted to be …
My first intensive weekend class at Lesley University perfectly exemplified the source of my passion and of community art: the sheer amount of creative energy that can accumulate from a group of inspired and inspirational individuals. This energy can be created within any group, but over the course of the weekend I experienced the powerful …
My answer, and the reason I created this blog, is: I don’t know. Ignorance is terrifying. However it is especially so when it’s about a field that you have decided to dedicate your life to. When people ask me what I plan to do, as everyone is bound to ask at some point, I say that …