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When inspiration streaks (or how I became a composer)
If someone had told me even one year ago that I would be recording an album with my own songs I would have laughed. Sure, I´ve been playing piano for a long time – and improvising has been part of that for many years. But still – “composing” seemed very far away, not to mention the patience to practice… But isn´t that the beauty of being a scanner – you never know what waits around the corner! One day in late May 2017 I received a very unusual gift – and this changed everything: Like many times before, I sat down by the piano and started to play. Two hours later I had recorded 12 totally…
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Is this why you’re not taking time for your creative projects?
Have you ever wondered why it’s so much easier to help other people with their problems than to fix your own things? You just can’t help lend a hand when someone close to you – or even a stranger – is in need. You spend hours and hours listening to other peoples problems and trying to help them out – but when it’s time to work on your own projects – whether it’s painting that painting, cleaning your desk or working on your website – you mysteriously lose both focus and confidence. You start questioning yourself, you start looking for something else you’d rather do. In theory, you know you…
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No time for your creative projects? Try this!
Being in the creative flow, painting, playing the guitar, crafting, or perhaps gardening, is really among the times you feel happiest. The problem is, you hardly ever find the time to do it these days. You sometimes look at those long forgotten art supplies collecting dust on a shelf (or did you put them away in the attic?) and sigh. If you only had more time, you could do more of those things that you so love. But adult life is too demanding, full of important chores. After working, commuting, taking care of kids, cooking, cleaning and all those other things that just need to be done, there’s no time left for YOU, and for…
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Are you having problems prioritizing your creative projects? Try this!
So you have a secret. A love affair. Or maybe it’s not SUPER secret – your closest friends probably know about it, maybe even your partner. But it’s nothing you would brag about at work, or tell someone you meet for the first time. In fact it’s something you hardly admit to yourself. It is, after all, a bit embarrassing to say that you have a crush on Art. No, not Garfunkel, we’re talking about the REAL Art here – painting, or making music, or acting… you know what I mean. When you where younger, you sometimes believed you could make it work. But these days you don’t get together…
