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People Have to Sing
“People have to sing.” That’s what my grandmother Edith said. “They have to eat their vegetables. They have to know they’re useful. And they have to sing. And someone’s got to keep them together. That’s me. That’s why I...![Suspend Your Addiction to Learning](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/MrRabbit-MrRabbit-screenshot1.jpg)
Suspend Your Addiction to Learning
I opened my email inbox over the weekend and found this email from Susan Carol, a harpist who’d joined my new “3-Chord Magic” class – the first class in the “Sing & Play the Harp” Immersion Series at Hip Harp Academy. Susan and...So Proud of the Half-Bakes
I was just texting to some colleagues in NYC and found myself writing: OMG – I’m so proud of the people in my Academy!!! They’re so brave and funny and committed, and willing and creative. And I just realized I should be sharing this is social media!!! I just...![Wanna Sing & Play the Harp?](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WannaSing.jpg)
Wanna Sing & Play the Harp?
Do you wanna Sing & Play Harp? I’m creating an “Sing & Play Harp” Online Course … and I want YOUR input! My name is Deborah Henson-Conant. I’ve been singing & playing all my life: first with ukulele, guitar and piano – and then with harp. I’ve...![Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/takeaways-image-from-email.jpg)
Strings of Passion Takeaways from Martha
This is an archive post ~ originally published Feb. 2, 2017 and updated in 2019 My 10-week program about creative expression, “Strings of Passion,” just started and still open for 2019 registration! I find myself so moved by what the members share about...![Exploration #4 ~ Playing with Structure (Strings of Passion)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-17-at-9.35.44-PM.jpg)
Exploration #4 ~ Playing with Structure (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 7, 2017 and updated in 2019 “You must always look for those strings in life because they are all around. The strings in the sugar water that will bring ideas to them, that will bring people to them, that will be the...![Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-17-at-9.23.23-PM.jpg)
Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 6, 2017 and updated in 2019 “The strings of passion – these seven principles – they’re not steps, they’re strings like the strings of our instrument. And there are seven, just like there...![Exploration #2 ~ Obstacle and Impulse (Strings of Passion)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-17-at-9.17.49-PM.jpg)
Exploration #2 ~ Obstacle and Impulse (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published in 2017 and updated Jan. 17, 2019 “Sometimes we lose the creative impulse because there are obstacles in our way. But it’s always there. It’s always there.” The quote above is from the following...![Exploration #3 ~ Connecting to our Impulse (Strings of Passion)](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-17-at-9.23.23-PM.jpg)