jazz Archives - The Dewdrop

Nocturne by Harry Bauld

The Pitch of Color

November 22, 2024November 25, 2024 Vanessa Able

Harry Bauld's thick, colorful canvases are intensely observed landscape paintings of the natural spaces and hues in New York and Connecticut.

Bill Evans Miles Davis

Improvisations in Jazz – Bill Evans’ Kind of Blue Liner Notes

April 9, 2021April 8, 2021 Vanessa Able

Bill Evans on Miles Davis' vision of the direct deed, and how they improvised something that evaded explanation.

“Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice