Scott M Williamson
Going there...
After a soulful conversation with one of my closest relatives, whom we refer to as Cousin Boss, we have found just enough chutzpah to go...
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Scott M Williamson
Aug 102 min read
Song: Somewhere
Over the Rainbow was my rep. for a recent gig, a "wink-wink" surprise finale for a VIP reception. I fulfilled another life dream by...
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Scott M Williamson
Aug 62 min read
from Deep Ecology to Dragon Riders
An "artist date" can be hard to schedule when you're in the middle of it, hustling it, or back to the drawing board for another go at it....
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Scott M Williamson
Jul 184 min read
"It's a cruel, cruel summer..."
It's been a minute since I've shared a mental health post. I'm in a good state of mind today, which makes this a good time to share. If...
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Scott M Williamson
May 22, 20236 min read
Altneu (Old-New)
The theme of this post was inspired by our students, whose final project was to create a collage connecting their experiences abroad in...
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Scott M Williamson
May 16, 20234 min read
"Our soul should be this eye."
2024 marks the 150th birthday of "the enigma of modern music." Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951) was a composer who expressed surprise when...
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Scott M Williamson
May 14, 20233 min read
Prague Spring, 2023
Our 20+ students and their pair of world-winded professors just spent four nights in Prague. Here's an abridged photo journal of a few...
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Scott M Williamson
May 8, 20233 min read
Death mask with Cherry Compote, or Beethoven & the doghouse
An amazing weekend continued Sunday at the Beethoven Museum in Heiligenstadt, one of the small hillside suburbs of Vienna known for its...
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Scott M Williamson
May 7, 20233 min read
Saturday in Vienna
6 May 2023. I didn't remember today was Coronation Day until I saw it on a TV outside "Jews' Square" in Vienna. I experienced the "pomp...
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Scott M Williamson
Feb 26, 20232 min read
February Notebooks
(Feb 23) Collective Euphonia, Lenfest Center, WLU, Jan 2023. L-R: Corey Crider, Julia Goudimova, Amy Scurria, Sandra Adans Krueger, SMW,...
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Scott M Williamson
Jan 24, 20238 min read
It's complicated...
Chansonnier (Songbook) of Jean de Montchenu (c.1470) To be honest, the last several months have been rough. For those who've followed my...
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Scott M Williamson
Oct 29, 20227 min read
24 Winter Journeys...
(Joan Eardley, Catterline in Winter) Here are my notes for this weekend's performance of Schubert's Winterreise. If you can't make it to...
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Scott M Williamson
Aug 18, 20222 min read
gods, poems, et al...
One of my ongoing creative projects is making new versions of classic poems and myths. It's especially fun to adopt, adapt, update or...
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Scott M Williamson
Aug 4, 20224 min read
Someone in a tree...
...one in an ongoing series of mental health posts... 2011 was an eventful one. It was the first time I’d been fired after 20 years on...
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Scott M Williamson
Jul 28, 20223 min read
Musical promenaders...
I've been writing the occasional mental health post here over the past year. Last time I shared a bit about the challenges of Summer for...
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Scott M Williamson
Jul 15, 20226 min read
Antigonick a neck...
As I resume my mental health blog here (see below), I want to share some cultural content, in the form of a short tribute to Anne...
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Scott M Williamson
Jul 7, 20223 min read
...the obligation to express
a mental health post... Sharing a Samuel Beckett quote on fb yesterday reminded me to express myself here. It has been a minute since...
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Scott M Williamson
Apr 3, 20222 min read
catching up with ourselves
Here are a few drafts of poems I've been working on, along with some favorite images... (Bermudas, for Alice and co.; acrylic and coffee...
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Scott M Williamson
Feb 19, 20223 min read
Semper dolens, semper Dowland...
"Always, sad, always Dowland." Feb 20 is John Dowland's Yahrzeit (1563-1626). His melancholy Elizabethan-era lute songs are the OG...
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Scott M Williamson
Dec 5, 20212 min read
Museum Studies: Fashioning the Future...
(Ruth E. Carter's special exhibit at the Taubman Museum of Art: "Afrofuturism in Costume Design") I'm having a blast teaching Museum...
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