Bright Sparks: Creative Practices to Light Your Way

Multidisciplinary creative and scientist Bonnie Sparks shares how structure enhances her creativity rather than hems it in. By having a system, she gains momentum and also resilience​ when common creative boogeymen like perfectionism show up. Bonnie also appreciates the inspiration​ and example of experts from many disciplines, and incorporates their wisdom​ with her own powerful vision to create over and over.

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All right. Welcome Bonnie too. Bright Way chats. And this is where we explore what creativity actually looks like in real life. And our whole mission is to show that creativity is inherent to every single person. And while it's inherent inside everybody, you know, oftentimes we will lose our, lose our way here and there. And we like to explore how to get back on the path.

So thank you for being here. I'm so happy to join you. This is a wonderful, wonderful podcast. I'm excited. Yeah. We really want to show that, you know, creativity is possible. It's ve...

A professional dancer and dance studio owner for 50 years, Susan recently retired and now follows her dream of playing harp​. She shares how her optimistic creative spirit allows her to know one can take on a new endeavor at any time with great success. She believes that creativity​ is a way of life, not a separate activity one engages in from time to time. Susan also speaks about how creative Community gives her inspiration, encouragement​, learning and fun.

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Yeah, welcome Susan Wright, Regan. Nice to see you today. You too. Where are you based in Boston, Massachusetts. Okay. And can you tell us a little bit about your, your journey, your creative life? I know that you're a lifelong dancer. Well, I did have my own dance studio and performed. I did a few TV commercials and things like that for about 52 years.

And I retired at the age of 69, which is about four years ago, almost five, and I always wanted to play a musical instrument, but I never had the time tha...

Diana Rowan is a pioneer in her industry shaping the way musical inspiration and creativity is shared through her Harp Summit Series.  In today’s episode she shares with us some of the strategies she used to build community, fill her membership, and overcome fears that could have halted her inspiration.  All that and more on today’s episode of the Virtual Summit Podcast. 

Diana's top 3 advices:

• 1 The very first thing someone needs to do before hosting a summit is to understand your purpose.

that will really fuel you through absolutely everything.

• 2. Get community support around it.
• 3 . It really did change my life to have summits.I was able to collaborate with so many people at once.

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Season 1 Episode 14

Opening the Harp Chakra - The Podcast
Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music
...and talking with the artists that create it...
Hosted by Jay Michaels

This week’s episode “Harpy Holidays!” Is the final episode of Season 1, featuring Winter and Holiday music from many of the fine Harp players who appeared in Season 1.

Martha Gallagher:  https://adkharper.com

Silvia Maserati: arparama - Arparama

Asya Sergeeva: https://asyasergeeva.bandcamp.com/releases

Diana Rowan: Bright Way Harp Circle

Jenna Greene: www.greeneladymusic.com  

Coriolan: https://coriolan-music.bandcamp.com

Cheryl Ann Fulton: cherylannfulton.com

Cynthia Cathcart: Cynthia Cathcart

Harper’s Hall: Harpers Hall Home Page

The Harper and The Minstrel: www.TheHarperandTheMinstrel.com

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How can you set free the creative voice within you? In this episode of Wisdom of the Ages, host Ayn Cates Sullivan and guest Diana Rowan answer this question alongside discovering how you can bring joy and resilience back into your life. Diana shares her song “Live Without Thought of Dying” which is inspired from a poem by St. Catherine of Sienna. Diana also talks about the importance of finding your song both personally and collectively. Join Ayn and Diana in today’s episode to learn how you can heal through music.

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Since the dawn of time, humans have asked the question, “What makes a good life?” And since the dawn of time, humans have struggled to find the answer. Harpist, creative alchemist, and author of The Bright Way – Five Steps to Freeing the Creative Within shares her wisdom on activating your purpose and creativity so you can live your purpose.

Top take-a-ways:

• How to find your true purpose, not just your next, short-lived obsession.
• The difference between a goal and an intention.
• Creating a practicum plan that works for your learning style.

Diana Rowan is a Creative Alchemist and founder of the Bright Way Guild, an academy dedicated to activating the creative within each of us. The classical inquiry of “what makes a good life?” has driven Diana from her youngest years. Recovered from a soul-crushing case of stage fright and other challenges, Diana believes that by shining light on the darkness we fear, we each become courageous purveyors of bright knowledge and can live a good

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Bringing you beautiful, healing, magical Harp Music...and talking with the artists that create it...Hosted by Jay MichaelsIn this episode we talk to author, teacher and exquisite Harper Diana

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Sometimes creative momentum takes a full-stop, and getting the creaking pipes flowing again can be a real challenge. This is precisely why, I believe, special beings like Diana Rowan—author of “The Bright Way: Five Steps To Freeing The Creative Within”—are born into this world. They’re here to help the rest of us get unstuck, to get the elements of our creativity harmonizing again.

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