Kimberly Tilley rescues forgotten stories of early twentieth century America from obscurity. Her books, Grievous Deeds (2023); Has it Come to This? (2022), Cold Heart (2020), and The Poisoned Glass (2019) were Amazon category best-sellers in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and India.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
Kimberly owns OldSpirituals.com. She's very grateful for the wonderful community and two outstanding contributors to help fulfill the site's mission of rescuing fascinating stories from obscurity.
Kimberly is the cofounder of Pivot Talent Development LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. PIVOT offers workshops, training, consulting, and coaching to help professionals improve performance, drive business impact, and transcend limitations.
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Musical accompaniment: Agnus Dei by Rufus Wainwright
This wonderful, mysterious photograph was taken by Anne W. Brigman in 1905. She called it Incantation.
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What spell will you cast today? ✨
At age 14, I started drum lessons. My percussion interest evolved over the years from playing on a kit to a marching snare. As a change of pace, having always played with drum sticks, with the help of a teach I started playing hand-drums like a Djembe, a cajón and talking drums. I even played a tongue drum for a bit. To this day I continue to play most days on practice pads to avoid disturbing the neighborhood.
That background has allowed me to enjoy all styles of music. But mystical music is one style that I shrink from. Give me a good old John Phillips Sousa march or a well written lick to stir my emotions.
I would not have guessed you’re a drummer! If I would’ve hazarded a guess, I would’ve thought perhaps a pianist. Sounds like you’re not a big fan of this Rufus Wainwright song?
what a powerful picture! One of your best!!
Thank you, Ruby! 🥰