Lynn Farmers Market - August Newsletter

 

Heron in the pond behind the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA.

Photo by Tim Foley

Hi everyone!

I hope this note finds you well! I have had such a good time at all my gigs so far this summer, and thank all of you who have come out to be a part of the fun. It is so wonderful to share music-making with all of you.

This month I just have one gig, another farmers market with Dave, this one in Lynn. I plan to have just as much fun, and hope to see some of you there.

In the meantime, thank you for reading and all your support!

:) Kirsten

Upcoming Shows

   
Thursday, August 22
Kirsten & Dave
12 - 2 p.m.

Dave and I will be playing and singing in the middle of all the fruit and vegetable goodness. Come do some shopping and hear some acoustic music!
 
For shows further in the future, please visit my website!
 

Creative Musings

I seem to be in a very inspired season. I keep getting ideas - all different kinds of ideas. Ideas for songs, for projects, for how to reorganize my CDs (yes, I still have CDs) and so much more. Sometimes I feel like I should be working on all these ideas, rather than just taking them in. But I know I don't have the time to tackle them all at once.

And I also know that these inspired seasons don't come around all that often. So I think the best thing I can do right now is just receive the ideas, from wherever they are coming, and when they start to slow down, I can then think about how I want to approach each of them. How, when, etc. Which one will call to me the most? As long as I capture them all (and that really is the key thing - I need to make sure I am writing them down, or voice recording them, or whatever medium is available for me to make sure I remember them.) I have learned over the years that even though I think an idea is so good there is no way I could forget it - memory doesn't work that way. I think that's a lesson every creative person learns the hard way. If I get them down now, I will have them to turn to, when the season changes to a less inspired one, which of course is bound to happen. When it comes to creativity, sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

Good Stuff


I really like this book I in the middle of reading, called All it Takes is a Goal by Jon Acuff. It has a different take on setting goals than I have seen before - kind of backing in to what goals to set and how to set them. I am definitely interested to try the exercises and see what happens!

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