Creative Practice: spaces between

Musicians -- all artists, indeed -- know that the silences, the rests, the pauses, the time for breath, are right, are needed, are as much a part of the creation, as are the notes, the words, and the voices.

As much as they are a natural part of creation, it often takes patience to see them and to hear them, though, to live through them with attention and acceptance. True in other areas of life as well.

Related ideas and music you may wish to explore

The album Alterum, from Scotland’s Julie Fowlis, in a story here at Music Road

From Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, a recording called The Quiet Room. Learn about why they chose the songs and the name of the album.

At Wandering Educators, Music and Horizons: Stories of Hope, which is part of the Music for Shifting Times series I have been writing there for some time. This story includes music from Breabach, Zoe Conway and John McIntyre, Eddi Reader, Sarah-Jane Summers, and Cathie Ryan. You will have met some of the work of these artists here along the music road too.

From harpist, composer, and singer Aine Minogue, the album In the Name of Stillness, in which, in the sleeve notes and through videos, she pairs her music with words from Irish poet and author John O’Donohue. The story is here at Music Road.

Quiet and reflection: I wrote this for publication a few days before Christmas one year at Perceptive Travel; the ideas work at other seasons as well Christmas, Reflections, Travel.

Photographs are by Kerry Dexter. They were made in County Louth, Ireland. Thank you for respecting copyright.

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