2009.10.12
TUNING IN: inner presence for outer change
the voice in song and word
CONTACT: Nancy Knowles (cell: 917-280-2442)
WHEN: begins WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10th, for 12 weeks
Wednesday evenings 5:00-6:30
WHERE: Mariposa Museum, Main Street, Peterborough NH
HOW MUCH: $250 for the term, payable at beginning of term.
Some financial aid available.
NEW: Drop-ins welcome @ $30 per class
Scroll down for kudos, photos, poems from last year’s class
WHAT: Singer/actress, poet and visual artist Nancy Knowles draws on her multiple talents and sense of humor to shine light on students’ many expressive talents. The class focuses on the voice as a reflection of who we are. In the process of getting in touch with our most honest voice we become more flexible, playful, and better able to say what we mean and mean what we say. This process-oriented class is tailored to students’ individual needs and strengths, suitable to all who want to speak or sing with a natural resonance, whether in performance, at work or in daily life. The class is appropriate for performers (any discipline), and for people in any line of work who want to become more aware of their vocal and physical presence.
“Well, I think soul is certainly a feeling that is transmitted in one way or another. There is a transmitter and there is a receiver. Sometimes the transmitter is the artist, and the receiver is the audience, and sometimes it’s vice versa. In those moments of spontaneity, the audience is the transmitter and the artist is the receiver. It’s something that’s very empathetic — and it’s deep. Soul is deep.” —Aretha Franklin
“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life… I think that what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we can actually feel the rapture of being alive.” —Joseph Campbell
2009.09.11
I do want to send you my heartfelt thanks for your Tuning In class. It was an inspiration to me — new ideas that are sheer genius. I’ll integrate them into my teaching and life. The course is a wonderful opportunity to access and express creativity and emotion. You have the knack for creating a completely safe environment for risktaking. Each of us had a chance to try new things, stretch beyond our usual modes of expression, reach deep or play on the surface. Supporting us in expressing our own personal quirkinesses and being what each one needed is your gift. I was astounded again and again at the way you responded to what we brought…in the moment. Your teaching is improvisational and completely attuned to your students and their particular needs and proclivities. Thank you. Thank you.
Jane Miller, EdD
Core Faculty
Department of Education
Antioch University New England Graduate School
2009.09.10
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Oh Kisses
thriving on kisses
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
.
No, just
consumed in kisses
smothered in kisses
all over
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.
Pounding surf
light shimmering
spray bouquets
pungent salty
calling of gulls
music of the gods
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Hee gah al mora togales.
Summos est intenses.
Pour que quoi?
A lay
Qui amorest tu carnivore,
si vini al magoré.
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.
To be or not to be
Here with this
clementine
oh my darling
easy small
slow peel
burst mist
smell sweet
dog scratch
open door
cat nudge
Where’s my darling?
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.
So much said
So few words
So long in coming
Such relief
____
.
He said
I said
they did
he thought
he said
I thought
I thought
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Could she not?
If she could not
the downward
she might then
she could then
of course
she will
(of course)
if only
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.
Can’t babe
can’t find
find one (or it)
training eye
on horizon
bringing it back
(flat) can’t find
what, babe
riding for what
babe, for you babe
can’t find babe
what for babe
for thrill or for
just rail babe
to flat
horizon
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Zemee tallya
Wugga yawl yee
Kavka Doodle
Zeeday
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What if fear could
be eliminated and
everyone understand
that they weren’t
in the world but
the world is in them?
Would we treat each
other better? Would
we let go?
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Je me furé quand
tu plupurée
mais la pamplemousse
est une maison
que vendu en
la framboise.
.
Qu’est ce que
cette ramblechien.
Je ne sais quoi
mais elles sont
dansant sur
la nuit.
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Riled, roiling sinuous
Erupting, sloshing snarls
Come now
Smooth, slippery stones
I lay my tired skin and
slip into sultry sleep
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.
Loose lavish luscious butter
slathered slowly on her salmon
lapping, licking, lolling l’amour
“Oh what a beautiful morning……”
