Creative Arts 4 Life

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas Everyone!

11/27/2023

#17...i am truly grateful for the knowledge of how music works in the body and brain. neurology is the "best since sliced bread!" oh, and i'm most grateful for the increasing understanding of functional neurological disorders.

11/19/2023

#9 is easy...The Rocky Mountains. being back in my hometown is great, but ski runs still make me swoon.

11/18/2023

#8 the book i am most grateful for is...Abnormal Psychology textbooks! that book/class taught me so much about the high cost of keeping people in poverty.

11/14/2023

PEOPLE!...i keep seeing that meme about getting someone to talk about themselves by asking "what the hell is wrong with you?!?" and it's GASLIGHTING 101.

i do it, you do it, we all do it.

let's read, learn, and do the work to "be the change you want to see in the world" MGhandi.

Gaslighting involves intentionally distorting the truth in order to manipulate another person to think, feel, or behave in a certain way. Gaslighters aim to get a person to doubt themselves and to not trust their own perceptions, making them easier to control and persuade.

07/18/2023

I'm excited to be back in East Texas, taking Music Therapy to the rural streets!

Now accepting NEW STUDENTS for PIANO, GUITAR, UKE, VOICE in the Tyler/Whitehouse area.

06/02/2023

https://youtu.be/0FmPg4lrBKc

in all the twists and turns, i'm winning!

Music video by Santana performing Winning. (C) 1980 Sony Music Entertainment

04/09/2023

Lots goin' on!
First, working on my first research poster and grant for music therapy and people with Huntington's disease.

I just submitted my application for the Colorado Art Therapy Associations meeting in Denver, October...Parts & Pieces...parts work with songwriting can be combined with many art medium.

And in May I'll be meeting with a neurologist who works at the VA in Aurora, CO to plant the Creative Forces seed...again...maybe in the right field this time.

CAMT is working on grants, a scholarship fund to help CO residents access music therapy that is not covered by insurance.