A Creative Life

  ” God has wrought many things our of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create, and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of sorrow and joy that have allowed man to cope with his  environment and many different situations.”- Martin Luther King Jr....

A couple of weeks ago I woke up thinking that I should find some place to sing— maybe a choir—and I began my hunt. Turns out Philly has quite a few and  many require an audition. Too scary for me.  I’m not a professional, although I  can carry a tune...

  So when my back and my leg are better, I venture out to Kip’s and Eva’s classes to see if my initial impressions stick. And they do—mostly. I try the Beginner level at Koresh again, and find most of the floor work  too challenging.  It’s nice to watch the...

I start on a Thursday evening with Ballet I at Kip Martin’s Dance Symmetry Wellness. Kip greets me warmly.  I tell him that it is my first class in thirty years. “Welcome back,” he responds. Immediately I feel comfortable. Turns out that this old brain has remembered quite a bit...