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Letter to Myself
I present to you - a letter I wrote to myself! May it have something of value for you, also. Hey, I know that sometimes it seems like...
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stasiabird
- Aug 6
- 3 min
Hello, Destiny - Farewell, Everything Else
“You're just jealous of me because I'm a tap-dancing ballerina fairy princess veterinarian!” So goes the old adage by Carmelita Spats,...
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stasiabird
- Jun 24
- 2 min
'Never Hurry, Never Worry' - Is Charlotte's Advice Relevant for Us, Too?
I came across an article recently about what to expect when you're planning on being a full time, professional, old-school musician. I...
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stasiabird
- May 20
- 1 min
Irrelevance is Essential
Speaking from my own artist’s journey, something that often comes up is the struggle to feel like art is actually important. Especially...
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stasiabird
- May 8
- 4 min
Taking Your Inner Artist on the Hero’s Journey : Week 5
When we last left our hero, he had overcome the besetting ways of comparison, thief of joy that it is. He had set out to take up his...
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stasiabird
- Apr 30
- 2 min
So far in the story…
We’ve met a hobbit that represents the inner artist. We’ve seen that fear is an ever present companion. We’ve seen our hobbit leverage...
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stasiabird
- Apr 16
- 5 min
Taking Your Inner Artist on the Hero’s Journey: Part 4
We return to our hobbit protagonist, Jack, who is still early on in his journey. He knows it’s early on; he knows he can’t be expected to...
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stasiabird
- Apr 7
- 4 min
Taking The Inner Artist on the Hero’s Journey
You may be wondering how our hobbit, Jack, began his journey in the first place. After all, aren’t hobbits usually happiest at home? As...
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stasiabird
- Apr 1
- 5 min
Taking Your Inner Artist on the Hero’s Journey: Part 2
We return to our friend and metaphorical representation, the hobbit. As you may recall last time, he’s guiding his inner artist along to...
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stasiabird
- Mar 25
- 4 min
Taking Your Inner Artist on the Hero’s Journey: Part 1
Some friends of ours have joined us in reading through a book called 'The Artist's Way'. Maybe you've seen the Instagram quotes from this...
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stasiabird
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
‘Tis the Season for Tamales and Thanks
Right now, ‘tis the season for turkey and tamales - or we hope so, anyways. That’s right, folks, this year is the first time ever that...
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stasiabird
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min
Lessons from the Labyrinth
If you've never seen 'The Labyrinth', featuring David Bowie (plus his feature-length soundtrack), a young Jennifer Connelly and Jim...
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stasiabird
- May 7, 2021
- 1 min
5 Songs to the Wind
...And feeling a little afraid. 'What have I gotten myself into?', I keep asking myself. What crazy son of a gun decides to write 100...
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stasiabird
- Mar 12, 2019
- 1 min
Let's Work Together
A recent Harry Potter-themed friend hangout got me thinking. (As it would anyone, right?) My friends asked me what's going on with our...
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stasiabird
- Mar 1, 2019
- 2 min
Recording - A Little Like Surgery?
We’re stepping out into our first recording foray as a band. Do the words ‘easier said than done’ come to mind? Well, they should. First...
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