June Song of the Month: Heart Stone

       Hooray! This makes my 12th song of the month -- can you believe it's been a year? I am back at the Creative Pulse, where it all started, working and creating with fabulous artists, educators, and staff. During our first week, we had a class about the naturalist intelligence (one of Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences). We had to go out into "sensuous surroundings" (i.e. nature)  each day, and take time to really let nature in. It was a wonderful experience to have the time to really reconnect with the natural world. I found myself down by the Clark Fork, which runs through the middle of downtown Missoula. The city seems to have a beautiful relationship with the river in general, and it is very inviting to just walk down to the shore and wander among the pebble. In our class, we had to make a collection of natural objects, and I found myself collecting the river stones -- smooth ovals and of course, heart stones, which always make me feel like the Earth is sending me love. Here was my final collection:

    
     But I didn't want to stop there. A tune found its way into my head over the next week, and finally came together in this song. It was a bit challenging, since I didn't have my keyboard here, but I experimented with using the computer keyboard as a piano (not my favorite). I also wanted to use actual clips of the Clark Fork, my inspiration, so the footage was taken on my phone! :) Enjoy, and get out into nature!