Showing posts with label challenge of music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label challenge of music. Show all posts

Friday, March 1, 2013

The Challenge of Music - Ave Maria




I have always been moved by the Ave Maria written by Franz Schubert in 1825 when he was only 28 years old. 
Revered through the ages as a song of devotion to the
Mother of God,
Schubert wrote the music to frame the words of 
Sir Walter Scott's narrative poem
The Lady of the Lake.  
Originally, the words of this hymn were different than what we know today.
They were a hymn to the Virgin,
but the began with the words,
"Ave Maria, Maiden Mild."
Today,
when words are sung,
the words are that of the
Hail Mary,
a prayer used in the Catholic Church to honor the 
Mary,  Mother of God.
You can find more information 
Now, the challenge of this blog hop was to find and be inspired by an instrumental song.
I didn't cheat.
I searched and searched, but I finally found an instrumental version of the Ave Maria
that I liked.
This song is an instrumental performed by
OldGuitarMonkey.
I love the guitar!
I had not heard the
Ave Maria
played using a guitar.
I hope you like this as much as I do.
Before you listen, though,
let me explain my piece.
It is a mixed media piece 
using 
fibers,
paints,
polymer clay, 
and
silk flowers.
To me,
the Mother of God is
Love and Grace and Deep Love of God.
I hope I was able to convey this in my work.


Thank you, Erin, for hosting this blog hop.
Now, here's a list of the other participants in this blog hop.
Get going.
You're going to see some wonderful works of art!
I can't seem to get the links to work, so
I'm going to link you to Erin's blog where she will have working links to all the bloggers in the hop.
Edited to add,
Thank you Sharon Driscoll.
I copied your links and they worked!!!




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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Well, I don't know what I was fussing about....or Challenges, Challenges, Challenges

Erin said, 
"Above all, have fun! This is not meant to stress you out. If you are not having fun, you aren't doing it right. ;-)"
So, I guess I wasn't doing it right.
Tonight
IT
all fell into place. 
Screeeeeeeeeeeeech!!!!
Let's back up a bit.
 I started to fuss about what I was going to do
and
what music I would use.
Click
to check out the information about this blog hop.

The first challenge for me was 
finding the right music.
Tonight,
I Found it!!
That will be revealed on March 1, 2013.

The second challenge for me was to figure out how to add my music to my blog.
Thanks to Erin's research,
she gave us some great ways to 
Thank you, Erin!
Now, it's just a decision away.

The third challenge was
What I was going to make for this blog hop.
(Doesn't this sound like an adventure novel?)
I'm not going to tell you 
What
I made,
but I will
Show you
What
I used.


 Yes, I pulled out the polymer clay, 
and
I am now curing the clay in the oven.
We shall see.
We shall see.
Stay tuned.
March 1 is the date!!!

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Have you Ever Known What You Want to Do, but

You need music, 
and you can't find the music?
What?
I know.  This is confusing.
I thought I was ready to take the Challenge.
What Challenge,
Well, it's the 
Challenge of Music Blog Hop
hosted by
Erin Prais-Hinz.
Sign ups are closed now, but I am starting to worry a bit about finding the right music.  
The music must be an instrumental.
This is the challenge for me.
I thought I had found a song, but I don't know how I'd share it on the blog. 
I have to work on that. 
I've been looking, though.
I hope to find something soon, very soon.
I need to get to work on my piece for this challenge.
Like I said, 
I know what I want to do, but now,
I have to find the music.
Hmmmmmmmmm!
This will work.
Soon, my pretties, very soon!


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