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Category Archives: Creativity

I See Music – Kashmir

August 20, 2010 – 1:00 am

As a singer and interior designer, music fuels my work. During a project, I dig into my client’s playlist, looking for the rhythms that supercharge their senses, so that I can then translate those sounds into visual spaces that feel unique to every project. It’s equal parts deep listening, alchemy and intuition. “I SEE Music” […]

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I See Music – Angel

July 2, 2010 – 1:00 am

As a singer and interior designer, music fuels my work. During a project, I dig into my client’s playlist, looking for the rhythms that supercharge their senses, so that I can then translate those sounds into visual spaces that feel unique to every project. It’s equal parts deep listening, alchemy and intuition. “I SEE Music” […]

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I See Music – The Whys & Wherefores

June 24, 2010 – 1:00 am

Because in our own way, we’re all looking for the same thing. Resonance Validation To love and be loved. TO BE HEARD. And Music, well, Music is the soundtrack to the life we live one breath, one bar line, at a time. Music stays with me, by my side, pouring forth when there is nothing […]

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How Do You Respond to Art?

May 17, 2010 – 1:00 am

What is a photograph? As part of New Pictures 2, Marco Breuer’s images are being exhibited until August 1st at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. A man of mystery, Breuer prefers to let the images speak for themselves. But there are stories untold. Photographs aren’t really photographs. Perceptions are left unchallenged. Art, is all its […]

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The Case of 3am

April 30, 2010 – 1:00 am

I frequently wake at 3 in the morning with an intense case of the ceiling-stares. You can learn a lot about yourself when you’re laying in the dark, chasing fleeting thoughts and shadow ghosts. Vivid imagery will dance across my mind, taunting and teasing with intensity so deep I’m compelled to create. Yet sometimes the […]

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WTF: Creative Boundaries Edition

April 28, 2010 – 1:00 am

Sifting through the endless stacks of fabric, I was startled when the door flung open to reveal a walking cloud of UPS piss and vinegar.  The year was 2003. Nelly Furtado had just released Folklore, the much-anticipated follow-up album to Whoa Nelly and wouldn’t you know, this delivery guy was ticked. All these years later, […]

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