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Books, Music, and Film to Wake Up Your Muse and Help You Change the World2 Comments

“St. Louis Blues” (song cover with poetic license) by W.C. Handy

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 wandawaterman@themindfulbard.com

Painting: “St. Louis in 1846,” Henry Lewis (1819–1904) Continue reading “St. Louis Blues” (song cover with poetic license) by W.C. Handy

Books, Music, and Film to Wake Up Your Muse and Help You Change the World2 Comments

Don’t Try to Talk

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 wandawaterman@themindfulbard.com

Chantal quickly produced a great text, as she so often does, but after reading it a few times I thought, Wait—this theme is rare enough, but what if we were to write a song about a woman who refuses to start an affair in the first place? Has that even been done? Continue reading Don’t Try to Talk

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All Me All the Time, Baby! (The Jackie Venson Interview)

February 10, 2017February 10, 2017 wandawaterman@themindfulbard.com

Blues artist Jackie Venson talks to the Mindful Bard about her sustaining forces and offers some cogent advice to other young women entering the music industry. Continue reading All Me All the Time, Baby! (The Jackie Venson Interview)

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The Bonnie Whitmore Interview

September 1, 2016May 10, 2017 wandawaterman@themindfulbard.com

I live by two mantras. “Breath in the suffering, breath out the love.” That’s the basis of most of my meditations. When that doesn’t work, then, “Not my circus, not my monkeys.” ~Bonnie Whitmore Continue reading The Bonnie Whitmore Interview

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Gideon’s Army: Prioritize Creativity

April 28, 2016April 29, 2016 wandawaterman@themindfulbard.com

“Great art grows the spirit. Elevates it. A great song is like a great film, or a great book, or a great play, or a great dance, or a great meal, or a great conversation. Absorb, absorb, absorb. ” Continue reading Gideon’s Army: Prioritize Creativity

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