Spreading more love thanks to 
Most of you know me (I hope) because of my music, photography and illustrations... (or the girl obsessed with rats). I consider myself an artist (good or bad doesn't matter) and that is something you feel inside your spirit... the need to create and share... Still, I would be lying if not telling that we artists share because we long to reach, to touch a heart, to make the strings of the souls vibrate, to provoke thoughts, to inspire, to be inspired back with your love... And we all wish not to echo on silent halls... we want our art mean something to others...
So this post is not about my art...
I am doing this curation posts thanks to a temporary delegation from
Here you can check previous one about high quality posting
Engagement mini-contest. I'll reward three of the comments with 1 STEEM (Read guidelines)
I will give 3 STEEM (1 Steem each) to the most engaging comments/reviews. The idea is that you find a Steemian musician or visual artist that you like and you leave a meaningful review/comment about the piece of art they're sharing on their profile (wether if you upvote them or not is up to you, but at least leave your opinion and encouragement). You can come here and drop in comments your review and of course a link to the post where you leave it. I'll check most meaningful feedback (good post, nice, etc will be discarded, comment has to show you have listened/watched or read what you are reviewing) and aware 1 steem each to the 3 I find more successful in engagement.
- Leave a in depth comment/review to your favourite artist (musician, visual artist, writer). Leave the feedback on their profile (upvote them if you can)
- Post your comment here in the comments with a link to the artist you reviewed so I can check previous step was done.
- I will review 3 more engaging reviews and gift 1 steem to the best comments after this post expires. I will announce it in forthcoming curation posts.
So go and make your favourite artists happy
This is an reminder that sometimes we do appreciate fellow artists but we FORGET to leave a comment here on blockchain so it stays and encourages them.
Music Curation
@Pechichemena - Alas de Polvo (Wings of Dust) for Open MIC week 103
@Pechichemena is on fire... for the last four weeks in a row he has been among my favourites in 
You took flight only your new wings made of Dust...
So go and vote on 
and 
Epic collaboration project Broken Ocean
What can I say... It's EPIC. That's the word right in capitals. My favourite genre is film music and I tend to listen to lots of fantasy and epic, I simply loved the production values, and we all know Darren is a talented singer-songwriter, with seriously gifted vocals but the collaboration brought the song to an entire new level... almost a mainstream level.
The song is called "Stay where you fall" and has also moody soaring lyrics
you can listen to it on Choon
https://choon.co/tracks/0qziubtdfxf/stay-where-you-fall/
But do not forget to visit the steemit post and drop your feedback on their post about it:
Serena Matthews aka 
She does it again and she does always, her haunting voice is smooth and soft but never frail... always vulnerable, raw, open... the spirit of a poet always seeping through simple songs that stay with you. Here she talks about beauty and the insecurities as we, women grow old... I can see always your beautiful, your gown is not faded anyway... but even when we get all worn and haggard... I hope the one that loves me always can see beyond it. We should never miss the fact true beauty lies inside... yet you are beautiful inside and outside, Serena. But I loved the song... I face as a middle aged woman those kind of insecurities...
She always hits my soul in the right places...
This song is best listened with a cup of tea, perfect for moody rainy days....
-https://steemit.com/dsound/@paintingangels/20180914t145422771z-beautys-colors
ART CURATION
Peter Gric 
Sculptor maisy-art is bringing to life fantasy beings
https://steemit.com/sculpture/@maysi-art/my-miniature-witch-is-done
It is true the whole account would benefit better of longer posts with more works in progress pictures (she usually shares pictures of the process as she works through) but we are also here to advice on that. Despite the short post the work offered speaks by itself...
Witches, fairies, fantasy beings... all brought to life at petite scale with delicious delicacy and detail.
So we'd recommend Maysi-art maybe to make her posts longer and compile the step by step she shares with us compiling them together along with the final piece. But I could not help but to include it here because I feel it's a talent that's been a bit under the radar
POETRY and WRITING CURATION
posted Knots in the Weaving
We are hold by fraying bonds but also tangled by them. We are all connected, and she writes beautifully about this fabric, this weft, this loom... Life is a tapestry like she says, woven of light and time, emotions and memories.
here an excerpt of Katrina's poem go to her post to read it in full
The tapestry is knotted, scarred,
Gnarled like a tree,
Each tangle an echo of tumbles
As I’ve learned how to be me.
But it grows, this field of experience,
This living, quilt-like trance.
The more I let the goddess lead,
The easier it is to dance
@Snook and Little Blue Heron
Snook has a gift for storytelling... and also for narrating her own words which she usually does, but this short story made me feel the time to take flight has come, that sometimes we must take a leap and just go for the sky... even if we are aware we might not make it... It requires faith and hope. A compelling little story. It will take you a couple of minutes as its short but intense
The day had finally come. It was time. His time. Time leave the nest but not like the rest. He knew deep in his bones he was made different than all the rest. Today was his. His time to fly. Places unknown, waiting just for him.
Curations of the curators
As I said in my previous curation post, we are all curators... and we're grateful of course to the big initiatives but also to the individuals taking the time and effort to shout out about others... It doesn't matter if you're a plankton or a dolphin, you have a voice.
I will do a forthcoming post about this particular topic, but as this is a curation of Music and Art post I have to remind everybody of someone that has been doing this work on a weekly basis
Curation of curation.... cura-inception?
Above: the lovely and talented
So here my curation of curator pick though there will be more of it in a forthcoming post as I say:
Above and featured you can see
Snibby the cat has a curation music and and art contest EVERY WEEK.
https://steemit.com/contest/@isaria/msp-music-and-art-curation-contest-brought-to-you-by-snibby-the-cat-week-30-25-steem-prize
(Note: every Monday there is a new post so if this post is expired by the time you read this please upvote ANY of the MANY curation initiatives) on
And I highly recommend her last dlive, because we all have moments where we need encouragement and this lady deserves precisely that. And because besides being an ARTIST and an CURATOR she proves once more Steemit is about PEOPLE and she opens there to talk spirit to spirit, openly and honestly.
And do not miss her last song "Shroud"
https://steemit.com/dsound/@isaria/20180915t185831451z-shroud--my-original-song
Other curations of the day I've fully upvoted:
curates his favourite open mic entries every week sending rewards to his selected artists
https://steemit.com/openmicsupport/@tcpolymath/unoffical-bonus-prizes-for-original-songs-in-english-instrumentals-for-open-mic-week-102
and the
team are doing true goodness on steemit... every couple of days she and their curators team upload a selection of curated posts... They also opened a discord channel in which the values of manual curation are tried to be spread. I will talk more indepth about Snekky's project on my special CURATION OF CURATORS forthcoming post. But here the last "you got snekked" we fully upvoted too:
- https://steemit.com/curation/@yougotsnekked/you-got-snekked-curation-compilation-32
Contests of the day
Another good example to get creative minds work on something fun and artistic. Post is expired but the deadline of the contest is active until early october, so feel free to upvote any other post by her instead, but I link though to the guidelines of the contest... The idea is super FUN you need to sample 5 common objects (pans, spoons, glasses, your dog barking... WHATEVER) and sing on top. It can be HILARIOUSLY fun or it can be SERIOUSLY EXPERIMENTAL... I'm a bit against deadlines but I absolutely love the idea... so do not miss this one! :)
Above: me tuning glass cups... yes, I don't know if I'm meeting deadline or not but I'm totally going to give a go to this! :)
And if you are a musician or artist keep an eye to participate on next round of biweekly I-talent hosted by 
Plenty of chances for your music and art to find a way to be seen and hopelly even a reward.
Charities of the Day
@Lindahas has shared with us another week to collect funds for healthy snacks for A the @SchoolForSDG4 project but the STEEM
And once more thanks very much to
banner courtesy of 
Priscilla Hernandez
singer-songwriter & illustrator
http://yidneth.com