Songs for the Struggling Artist

I’ve written before about the changing landscape of Teaching Artistry. I’ve written about how arts education has changed in my years in the business. For the most part, I do most of my teaching outside of school environments these days but every so often, I’m brought back into the Arts in Education world. What the re-encounter highlights for me is how at odds my goals are with the goals of a lot o...

While working with some 9th graders on Juliet’s “Gallop Apace” speech in Romeo and Juliet , I opened the door for the students to tell me what was happening. They worked it out faster than most groups do and quickly leapt to interpretation. One girl reported that Juliet was scared to have sex for the first time. I asked her to tell me where she saw that in the text and the line she pointed to mean...

This is one of my favorite blogs: "Congratulations! You’ve made and/or kept a friend who is an artist. That’s great. Your friend is fun and/or serious and you like them. But there will come a moment when you have to deal with their art. Maybe you’ll be invited to their art show or their play. Maybe you’ll read their story in a magazine or see their dance on TV. It’s exciting, yes. But I can unders...

I saw a big fancy Broadway show that lots of my friends and colleagues had been raving about. It’s a show that utilizes the skills, ideas, movement vocabularies and motifs of devised and physical theatre. I saw elements of Viewpoints, of Chorus Work, of Dance Theatre. For many Broadway audiences, this piece felt extremely innovative and experimental. I’d wager that 97% of the audience had nev...

Listen. If you want to help me and give me opportunities, you can call me whatever you want. I’m happy to receive your beneficence as a “young” artist (I’m 42) or as a unicorn (a magical, majestic creature, certainly) or as an “emerging artist.” It’s really, like, all semantics at a certain point – if also inaccurate. Since I can no longer technically be called a “young artist,” I am, most often,...

I have so many ideas, folks. I have ideas for breakfast, ideas for lunch, ideas for afternoon tea, dinner and midnight snack. I am rolling in ideas. And I am grateful for that abundance of ideas. I feel I can never have too many – so I am always happy to be a part of something meant to increase my inspiration. But ideas are never my problem. You can read Ideas and Glitter and Places to Put Them on...

Do you want to maximize your views? You and everyone else! When is the best time to post? I have the (sort of) answer here. You can also read The Best Time to Post on the blog. Song: "Shine On" by Emily Rainbow Davis, created for Messenger Theatre Company's Mythellaneous This is Episode 9 To support the podcast: Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/show on Facebook...

Ah ha! I have found it! In my re-posting these old podcast episodes I have finally determined when I started adding a song to the blog and it is with this episode. So - not that far in, after all! Also - this episode is about smiling and change and college and senses of self and so on. You can read Thank You for Your Smile on the blog. Song: "Faith, Grace" by Emily Rainbow Davis To support the pod...

What did I learn by going to an event for West Point cadets? A lot, as it happens. A lot. And I found some inspiration there too. You can read So Others May Dream on the blog.  To support the podcast: Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis &...

All the business blogs and books and consultants say that in order to succeed, you must focus on one thing - but is that actually really possible for most people? Read Doing One Thing Is a Privilege on the blog.  Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd   Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/ S...

I saw an "inspiring" clip from the Ellen show about a teacher who does extraordinary things for her students. She seems amazing, of course. But the real story here is how dramatically we here in America are failing our students. You can read The Selfless Teacher Story on the blog.  Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd   Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/sho...

About the likes and the congratulations you get when you're winning but also the algorithmic weirdness of when you're not. You can read it here on the blog .  Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd   Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/ Support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis &nbs...

The third episode of SFTSA ever! This one is about artistic inspiration and travel and the process of creation. Featuring the #DisneyStrategem and some inner voices. You can read it here . Follow me on Twitter @erainbowd   Join my mailing list: www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/   Like the blog/show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/ Support me on Patreon: www.pat...

This was the second episode of the podcast. It came out in April of 2016. And was originally on Soundcloud. Because of Soundcloud's space limitations, I had to delete it and most of the first 70 episodes. I decided to go ahead and upload them again here on Anchor - just in case there are any completists among you. Also - it may be interesting to hear the evolution of the podcast. Along the way, th...