This little ditty is the magic breakthrough that occurred after a week of daily creative practice. It is the result of a week's creative meditation on the universal symbol: SQUARE.

Squaredance(unblock)

The title of this haunting number is the result of rearranging the letters of my name to create a phrase. Then I spent a week finding meaning to the phrase. The theme of the week was competition; competition for recognition, creative competition, and competition within the family of origin. Let's sing about it!

Bard Aces The Lit

This one is the result of an exercise in deconstruction. I deconstructed an article on sexual assault in the military using green ink and paper tearing. The resulting text is the source of the title and lyrics. Then, using Garageband, I made a block of samples that looked like a rectangle and visually deconstructed the block to resemble the shapes that were the result of deconstructing the article. This is kind of like creating a sculpture from a block of stone, taking away bits and pieces to reveal an emerging shape. After listening to the results I tweaked it a bit, added the vocals and...voila!

They Can Be (Itself the Author of Selves)

This festive number was inspired by my children's book, Tisa Plays Guitar and Strange Things Happen, which was in turn inspired by the classes I teach with infants, toddlers, and their families.

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