July 17ths
7/17/2007 7/17/2022 Book: The Power Of Daily Practice . There was an interesting part about who we identify as painters, regardless of domains. Are you a Paul Klee or a Joan Miro in your working style? How do we show up for creativity, and where are we on the spectrum of serious to playful, left-brained to right-brained? When I am in divergent mode I’m in idea-collection mode and open to happy accidents. But at some point you have to get started on making something, which will tilt you into left-brain mode. If I’m working in a score I’m almost all left-brain. Since I’m not a skilled orchestrator I have to study more. The Songdays are now my daily practice, whereas before it was the daily riffs, which I stopped doing. 7/17/2025 On relying on AI to make music: Your skills would devolve and over time would lose the ability to "fly". You'd become a musical penguin. "People who’ve never driven a car without GPS can’t drive using road signs, for example. Your brain ...
