<p>It&#8217;s been a very long time since my last post. I just wanted to share that I&#8217;m heading over to Substack to try out something new. My Substack is called &#8220;A Place to Stand&#8221; and draws on my experience as a trauma survivor. Here&#8217;s a short excerpt from my first column: &#8220;In the coming weeks &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2024/11/18/new-substack/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">New Substack!

<p>This week I interrupt our Tuesday Creativity series to mention a couple of upcoming events&#8230;but the first one is also a creative boost, so that counts. 😉 Next Monday, October 24, at 6 pm EST, I&#8217;m giving a FREE workshop on Zoom: &#8220;Writing with Musical Inspiration.&#8221; This fun, no-stress workshop uses musical prompts as a &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/10/18/upcoming-events/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-re

<p>Last week I introduced something new on the blog: Maker&#8217;s Day Wednesdays. Each Wednesday I&#8217;ll share a small prompt as food for reflection. Maybe you&#8217;ll also find it inspires you to make some art. This week&#8217;s prompt is a single word: mosaic A couple of supporting visuals (courtesy of Pinterest): What might this word and &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/06/08/makers-day-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-rea

<p>I had a different post planned for today, but in light of what happened in Texas two days ago, it feels more appropriate to share this music. We&#8217;ve seen far too many of these acts of terrible violence. I don&#8217;t know how change is brought about, how we break free of the stranglehold of business-as-usual &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/05/26/music-for-reflection/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Music for re

<p>Last week, I finished the first draft of the new novel I&#8217;ve been working on since November. Writing a book tends to be an obsessive process for me. Once the story begins to drive itself, at that wonderful locking-into-gear point somewhere in the first thirty pages or so, I don&#8217;t want to do much of &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/05/23/the-book-engine/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Book Engine</span

<p>Where&#8217;s Namora? Right now, mostly inside my head. But when my book Fourteen Stones comes out this fall, I hope you&#8217;ll pay my favorite little country a visit. It&#8217;s a beautiful place. Fourteen Stones got its start in the summer of 2015, when my husband and I visited the northwestern corner of Spain, traveling in &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/05/17/welcome-to-namora/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">

<p>I&#8217;m no expert at blogging (as folks who&#8217;ve been following this blog know!). Getting back into the swing of it, I&#8217;m following random thoughts that might turn into a post&#8230; Tomorrow I have a performance with the piano trio I joined right before Covid started. In the winter of 2019 (feels like a very long &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2022/05/13/piano-thoughts/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Piano

<p>Thoughts I&#8217;m playing around with; hoping to go somewhere with them&#8230; What makes you, you? A thought experiment: Imagine that we each have something beautiful and unique in us that doesn’t fade or disappear with time. Take this idea and apply it to yourself. Sit with the idea that you have something beautiful that is &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2021/01/21/thought-experiment/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">

<p>In last week&#8217;s post, I shared a tune by jazz composer Charles Mingus, and the short story I wrote in response to it. As I&#8217;m thinking about what to do with the blog (again), I&#8217;m continuing to play around with combinations of music and words. One of the things I love about my dual career &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2021/01/14/shadow-music/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Shadow Music</span></a></p>

<p>After the chaos of yesterday, it feels like a good time to restart the blog. I&#8217;m not sure what to do with it in the longer run, but today, it makes sense to share some art. The music in the link below is a tune called &#8220;Goodbye Pork Pie Hat,&#8221; by American jazz bassist, pianist, &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2021/01/07/next-morning-art/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Next Morning Art</span></a></p>

<p>A different kind of post today, responding to the injustices faced by Christian Cooper and George Floyd. Last year, I started teaching with Baltimore Bridges, a program for students in the city. Starting in sixth grade, kids are paired with mentors and get extracurricular support with academics, gearing toward applying for college in senior year. &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/29/common-space/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This month, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each post features an installment of my short story “Let Me Take Your Hands,” originally &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/25/let-me-take-your-hands-part-7/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This month, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each post, over the next week or so, features an installment of my short story &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/23/let-me-take-your-hands-part-6/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let Me Take Y

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This month, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each post, over the next week or so, features an installment of my short story &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/21/let-me-take-your-hands-part-5/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let Me Take Y

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This month, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each post, over the next week or so, features an installment of my short story &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/19/let-me-take-your-hands-part-4/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let Me Take Y

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This week, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each post features an installment of my short story “Let Me Take Your Hands,” originally &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/16/let-me-take-your-hands-part-3/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. This week, I’m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each day features an installment of my short story “Let Me Take Your Hands,” originally &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/14/let-me-take-your-hands-part-2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let M

<p>Welcome! This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, a mental break during these tough times. Over the next week, I&#8217;m switching things up a bit in honor of Short Story Month. Each day will feature an installment of my short story &#8220;Let Me Take &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/12/let-me-take-your-hands-part-1/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Let

<p>Welcome! 🙂 This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, which initially was going to be a couple of weeks. I’m determined to keep it going as long as needed, in hopes that if you need a mental break during these tough times, you can find one &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/06/scarlatti-special/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Scarlatti Special</span></a><

<p>Welcome! 🙂 This blog features short piano pieces I’ve recorded at home. It began as a project for the quarantine, which initially was going to be a couple of weeks. I’m determined to keep it going as long as needed, in hopes that if you need a mental break during these tough times, you can find one &hellip; </p> <p><a href="https://krisfaatz.com/2020/05/04/re-post-bach-talk/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Re-post: Bach Talk</span></a>