For the average individual, the creative process is much less idealised. It might be found in play and inventiveness in everyday life activities. When we connect with music, whether it be a formal work, or while spontaneously whistling a made-up tune, we are engaging in a mindful process that is a direct link to the soul. Creative work can be exciting, inspiring, and godlike. It is important to be as fully engaged as possible with the art being experienced.
Creativity is engagement with the soul.
A soulful teacher intuitively makes connections between the development of skills and knowledge in music and the unique personal needs of each student. Development of Musicianship - The soulful music teacher realises that the right learning conditions must be set for the development of musicianship. The knowledge that students learn in the music classroom is best expressed, not through discussion, essays or projects, but through the presentation or performance of the music. The teacher who automatically engages students in this meta-cognitive process is setting the conditions for music to do its work in deep, heartfelt, and personally substantial ways. The soulful music classroom is a place where the joy of learning to listen, create, and perform is manifest in a deep process of knowing and thinking, a form of knowledge that we call musicianship.