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This blog is written and created for the Whole Musician: in mind, body and spirit. The possibilities for practice, playing and performing are infinite...In this blog I share Practice Ideas for the Whole Musician as inspiration, information and as a portal into your musical imagination.

Happy Practicing!

Heartfully,
Jennifer

Monday, August 20, 2012

Good, Right vs. Depth & Beauty?



Thinking about the idea of "making something good" or "getting it right" vs. learning something deeply. I will always choose depth... I love to learn. For me, for something to be considered beautiful it has depth. I am more interested in the process than the outcome. I do believe that it may be right and good via my path to depth. I do believe that something may be simple or complex and still have depth. I do believe that the path to learning something deeply is a very worthy, engaging, and an important subject to share with our young people and all people. I feel that it may be lost to many as to why it is important and    the how, the process and mindful awareness of what we are learning is what is truly important and interesting. 

So, what is depth... I think that learning an art form creates depth in a person and the outcome is art. I think that diving into any great subject, creates depth. I believe in the importance of learning things and in knowing something or someone over a long period of time creates a relationship that has the potential for depth, for knowing yourself and the "subject". 

The idea that the "subject, love, people, animals, science, religion, poetry, nature, music, art...  is worthy... We all have something to contribute to a great "subject of depth" to learn from , is worthy of our in depth study. 

It is a way of knowing more of your self, of growing, of learning, of creating depth and beauty, art... in this world... It is sharing deeply a perspective that only you can give, given that you are a one of a kind creation never to be created again...  It is opening up the light of potential that is present, it is an unveiling of the beauty of this world and... that can not be found in a good or bad, right or wrong, but is found in the depth of you, shared from your human heart... to another heart... it is beautiful...

Thank you for your heart, your willingness to dive deeply into a subject of your choice and share your light...

Happy diving into your depths of de-light,
Jennifer

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Mystery of Music and You and Me???


How did I find music? I came to music because when I heard classical music... Its unseen beauty was a sympathetic vibration that resonated in me, that it was like me... and I was and am, attracted to unexplainable vibrational sounds, to it's mystery, depth, and infinite possibility for expression...


The Mystery of Me

Music and I are revealed 
through the mystery of the unseen,
hidden in the waves of sound,
inside the nuance of the subtle,
felt in the heart,
expressed in e-motion,
an invocation, 
music, 
is returned in kindness...

JSK ~Jennifer Shawn Keeney
8/11/12


How did you find music? Or how did it find you? What was and is it that you connect to, that is unique to music and to you? How did you and do you identify your self with music? 

Please share...

Heartfully,
Jennifer