by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 21, 2011 | creative process, creativity, writing
“The real essence of art turned out to be not something high up and far off – it was right inside my ordinary daily self.” –Shinichi Suzuki, violinist, author & teacher The Musician’s Way, p. 109 I’m always surprised when I hear people attribute creativity to...
by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 9, 2011 | creative process, creativity, music practice, wellness
“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” –Albert Einstein* Is there anything that we creative types prize more than imagination? I expect not. One way that we can support our imaginativeness is to preserve...
by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 20, 2009 | creative process, music education, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way, writing
Why write about music and musical expertise? Is it as abstruse as that old saw – “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture” – would lead us to believe? In the Preface to The Musician’s Way, I wrote, “Words are destined to fall short when it comes to...
by Gerald Klickstein | Sep 15, 2009 | creative process, creativity, music practice, writing
“Take the action and the insight will follow.” -Anne Lamott, author The Musician’s Way, p. 107 Whether we plan to create a performance, composition, essay, or mousetrap, we have to launch our project and work on it regularly. But we all know that creative ventures...
