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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...![I’m so happy to see you!](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/lurchi-salamander-you-are-cool-happy-1080x675.jpg)
I’m so happy to see you!
I was scrolling through LinkedIn, trying to be social when it hit me: I was seeing poses. Like animals, frozen in a pecking order, flaring out feathers, puffing out chests. And LinkedIn isn’t nearly as intense with that as other social media. And here’s me...![What’s the most powerful thing you learned as a child? Could you teach it?](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/SPH-video-3CM-for-ezine-DHC_v2.jpg)
What’s the most powerful thing you learned as a child? Could you teach it?
What’s the one thing that opened the doorway to your life’s passion? Could you teach it to someone else? Sing & Play Harp - Learn More! You might have learned it in a few seconds, or a minute or ten minutes. The memory may be hazy. It may seem so...![sing and play – 3 chords is all it takes](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sing-and-play-on-street-onstage-notext-381096_1080x377.jpg)
sing and play – 3 chords is all it takes
It’s funny that in the past 5 years, as I’ve been creating an online Academy for harp players – specifically to teach arrangement and improv and creative expression – that I’ve never taught the art of singing and playing… Until this...![The Nightingale – Performances around the World](https://www.hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Screen-Shot-2019-03-01-at-4.24.33-PM.jpg)
The Nightingale – Performances around the World
“The Nightingale” is one of my most-requested songs – one of those songs that comes out whole, that just seems like a simple statement of truth. I wrote it in memory of my mother’s voice – and since I published it years ago, harpists all over the...![Feedback is IN… Are YOU? (Strings of Passion)](https://hipharp.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SOP-square-storiesunfolding-300x300.jpg)
Feedback is IN… Are YOU? (Strings of Passion)
This is an archive post ~ originally published Jan. 13, 2017 My 10-Week creativity program “Strings of Passion” is the first course of 2021 at Hip Harp Academy. I compiled this student feedback from posts in Hip Harp Academy’s private Facebook Group after week...![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)