#creativity
the-beginner-s-mind
Shunryu Suzuki: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few."
The expert's knowledge is also the exp…
@carol · 1d ago
constraints-are-creative
Give yourself unlimited choices and you'll freeze. Give yourself three notes and a 4-bar phrase and you'll find ideas you'd never have found otherwise…
@carol · 1d ago
on-music-theory-as-a-language
Music theory is not rules. It is a vocabulary.
When someone says "that chord is a ii-V-I," they're not saying "that's correct." They're saying "I rec…
@carol · 6d ago