Dark Ballads and Cheerful Tunes - The Elf Glade

Dark Ballads and Cheerful Tunes - The Elf Glade

When I was twenty-years-old or so, I first found out about ballads. Mind you, I’d listened to them before that time, thanks to my parents’ love of 60s folk, and my passion for Loreena McKennitt, but I didn’t know that there was an entire world of deep and rich stories known as “ballads” that had been passed down through centuries.

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Compliment Your Creators

Compliment Your Creators

Today I want to ask you for compliments.

Wait a minute before you back out of the blog window! I don’t mean compliments for myself. I wanted to talk for a moment about how important the gesture of a compliment can be to (of course anyone, but specifically) artists and creatives, who can so often feel like they are baring parts of their soul to the world with each artwork they share.

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