The Consulting Arts
The Consulting Arts spawns environments that are catalysts for creativity, focusing on piano, voice, creativity coaching, art and writing. Karen Smith-Will teaches students of all ages and with various learning styles, disabilities, and health concerns. Typically her students' ages range from 5-100, and accommodations can be made for exceptional students.
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Why music?
- Great for an aging brain - a longitudinal study with >1000 participants. Another longitudinal study from Australia
- Great for fine motor control - a study demonstrating how pianists have control over nuance, aka "timbre."
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2025_11_19 Facebook is back!
I'll probably never know why, but at least it's resolved.
2025_11_18 Surprise for the day:
🆕 Until you hear otherwise, please text or call with any concerns or needs.
I've been ❄️frozen❄️ out of Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram.
My account is in #FacebookJail and have no idea why. They say they will resolve it or cancel my account within 48 hours.
I'm fairly sure I haven't done anything against their standards, so it's entirely possible that a person either accidentally or with ill intent said I wasn't who I said I was.
P.S. The 1st frost ❄️on the windshield was a surprise today, too!
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"It was written as I meant to write it, and that is the greatest joy an author can have...sometimes I think that is the moment one feels closest to God, because you have been allowed to feel a little of the joy of pure creation."
--Agatha Christie
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Back in 2021, after a Maggie L. Walker Governor's school raffle, Evan took a couple piano lessons to test it out...and he never stopped.
We're excited about all his musical projects, including his first tour in 2023.
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Life Savers™️ have originally showed up in our Vintagativy section. Its Blog also includes a couple articles related to leadership, the Valutivity side of our company (see 2012 and 2011_01_16 in the aforementioned blog). So I guess it shouldn't be surprising that this century-plus product has generated some exceptional art, worthy of our The Consulting Arts section, from the likes of Walt Disney, Andy Warhol, and beyond.
â•See also: our Life Savers Virtual Museum.