Summary I knew I wanted to read How to Write One Song after hearing Jeff Tweedy interviewed by Malcolm Gladwell on Broken Record. The book is a short, fun-to-read guide that offers specific tools you can implement to write a song of your own. The title aims to make songwriting seem accessible and down-to-earth ratherContinue reading “How to Write One Song Book Review”
Author Archives: Allegra
Weekly Roundup / Apr 2, 2021
The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Article – Twyla Tharp and Her Body of Perpetual MotionWhat coincidental timing that I just finished reading Twyla’s The Creative Habit and now there is a new PBSContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Apr 2, 2021”
Jonathan Hoefler on Abstract
This is part of a series where I write about episodes of Netflix’s Abstract that I really enjoyed and think you might, too. Who is Jonathan Hoefler? Jonathan is a typography designer. You may recognize his work from the Tiffany & Co. logo or Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. If you’re wondering what is typography,Continue reading “Jonathan Hoefler on Abstract”
Weekly Roundup / Mar 26, 2021
I’m doing something different in this week’s roundup. In light of recent events – two mass shootings on top of the anniversary of entering a pandemic – maybe you feel burnt out, tired, depressed, angry, or grieving. That may lead you to feel less creative or productive than you might wish to be right now.Continue reading “Weekly Roundup / Mar 26, 2021”
7 Questions 1 Year
I’m copying Austin Kleon, writer, who chose to answer the 7 questions the New York Times originally posed to 75 artists about living through a pandemic the last twelve months. (Yes, I changed the name from 1 bad year to simply 1 year.) What’s one thing you made this year?I made a gouache portrait ofContinue reading “7 Questions 1 Year”
Weekly Roundup / Mar 19, 2021
The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Blog Post – Maya Varadaraj collagesHow stunning are these? I love the sense of movement and the use of negative space. The collages remind me of music because,Continue reading “Weekly Roundup / Mar 19, 2021”
Ruth Carter on Abstract
This is the first post in a series where I write about episodes of Netflix’s Abstract that I really enjoyed and think you might, too. Who is Ruth Carter? Ruth won the Oscar for costume design in Black Panther. The power of costume design is that who characters are on the inside can be reflectedContinue reading “Ruth Carter on Abstract”
Weekly Roundup / Mar 12, 2021
The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Article – Triangulating Math, Mozart, and Moby DickChalk this one up as a win for female firsts and the overlaps between math and art. Read about Dr. SarahContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Mar 12, 2021”
Scratching vs. Artist Dates
I am currently reading The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp. She writes about a concept, scratching, which I just love. It’s about finding inspiration, particularly tiny little sparks of inspiration. Big ideas have so much on the line that they can “quickly shrivel and evaporate into nothing. That is why you scratch for little ideas.Continue reading “Scratching vs. Artist Dates”
Weekly Roundup / Mar 5, 2021
The weekly roundup is my offering of inspiring things I found online in the past week. May they bring you some pearl of wisdom, joy, or humor. Video – Chick Corea, spontaneous compositionChick Corea passed away earlier this month, which brought a lot of content to the surface about his life and work. I foundContinue reading “Weekly Roundup / Mar 5, 2021”
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