music, therapy, and me

If you read my posts regularly, then you know that I am enjoying watching Korean television shows, both with English dubbing and with Korean dialogue and subtitles. I keep many of these shows on my streaming lists, and they are just fun. I find that I am not really able to do other things when I am reading subtitles, so it is difficult to read a book or make things with paper while I am watching, but I am still enjoying all of it! One of the things that I really enjoy about watching Korean shows is the music that comes along with them. Most of the time, the lyrics are in Korean so I cannot understand what they are saying, but I am learning some words slowly. It is amazing how much you can glean from just watching television shows. My current show is one I will watch again. It is called Hello, Me! and it will join the list of shows that I love including My Holo Love, Castaway Diva, Behind Your Touch, and many others. The more I watch the shows, the more I get the nuances of the language...

This morning, I sat down to start my blog post, and the power went off. It was only a momentary flicker, but it was enough to reset everything electronic in the house including the computer, the wi-fi, the wired internet, and some of the clocks. Once the electricity came back on, everything started to beep - the vacuum, the ... and now, the sister has called so another interruption for the thought process. I think I should take this as a sign that this is not going to happen today, so I'm signing off until tomorrow... See you soon. 

Yesterday's sleep was not a good one. I am sitting here, wondering what is going on with my body, but I have an appointment today that is causing stress in my life. The moon looked full at 2am, but it isn't. That won't happen until Monday, but I am feeling it now.  I am hopeful about the appointment for today. It is something that is going to be stressful, but in a good way. My biggest problem is that I cannot make a decision until things happen next week. I am in information-gathering mode, so it is time to figure out what I want next. It is nice to have some options. So, my fun on this Friday is going to include learning a bit and thinking deeply about things.  Last night, I spoke to my current intern group about professional behavior and initiative. I always enjoy talking about various topics with interns, mine in the recent past, and others who show up for the hours and the lectures and the conversations. I often wonder if they hear what I am saying, but this group will...

This evening, I will be speaking about initiative to a group of interns. This has been mentioned by several internship directors as something that current students and interns struggle with - looking to see what is needed and then starting to do it. This is something that develops with time, practice, and critical thinking but is not as common as you would think. I feel like this type of learning difficulty has a couple of causes - devices and No Child Left Behind. I have absolutely no proof of these things being the causes of a lack of initiative, but it seems like I can make a bit of an argument supporting my thought process. So, as I start this presentation, I am going to start with the definition of the word. Merriam Webster starts off with "an introductory step" as the first definition. I can work with this. I remember being an intern and having some fear that I would overstep my responsibilities and expectations. I also remember looking for songs to write and things to ...

Yesterday was pretty much a wasted day. I did not leave my house, and I did not engage much with anything that needed any sort of thought process or anything else. I also tweaked my knee yet again, so I spent most of the day just propping it up and not taxing it much at all. Today, though, has to be a different story. I want a music therapy making group, so I am going to start one. I am going to see if anyone wants to get CMTEs for making things, but we are going to spend time making the projects that we need regardless. People who want CMTEs from this type of group are welcome to get them at my usual price. Those who just want to talk and make things in the company of others are also welcome to join for free. I will be releasing visual aids for CMTE participants as well. The proposal is in for CBMT consideration, and then I will release the information to the world at large! Why not take my love of making things to others out there? I am hoping to build a community for this type of cr...

I am still feeling a bit rough, so I am going to postpone my scheduled library trip for Thursday instead of today. This means that I will probably not be putting together any sort of therapeutic music experiences (TMEs) today. Who knows, though? I might get inspired. We will see. Inspiration comes when inspiration comes. I have learned that I can force it a bit, but forcing ideas does not always lead to valuable output. I shared my creative block exercises with my intern group last Thursday, and it helped me find a bit of inspiration for this task of writing music and TMEs. I am currently in between sing about songs  theme ideas, so I do not have a target. I have to head back to my list of ideas and find something that sparks some sort of thought so I can get started. Maybe I will do some dinosaur stuff - I already have visual aids ready for that sort of unit... Inspiration strikes wherever and whenever you are... Yesterday, I went and got my groceries and then rearranged craft mat...