The Arts

The Arts have been a great part of my life. I can remember the first CD I ever really bought, embarrassingly enough it was Hanson's "Middle of Nowhere," but looking back on feeling the passion of the music, it really struck me and I believe carried on to what I am today. I've been playing the guitar for several years now and am currently both teaching guitar lessons and running my own recording studio. I was in a band named "Glory Blue" where we recorded two albums and toured and played lots of shows (www.myspace.com/glorybluemusic). From my studies in the music program and involvement in choir at Benedictine College, and through my experience with music, I find great joy in all different kinds of music and find that I can appreciate every kind of music from country to rock to rap. Having this appreciation for music, I can look at other arts and see the passion people put into them. While I may not have a great knowledge about different styles of painting or different ways of acting, I can see that there is great beauty in that passion and fulfillment from the arts. This also has given me a better outlook on life in general by being able to look at people and appreciate their differences in opinions and culture. So ya, that's the arts for me. Cheers!