{"id":2364,"date":"2018-11-16T20:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2018-11-16T22:35:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T22:35:04","slug":"faculty-spotlight-chris-kelsey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/?p=2364","title":{"rendered":"FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: CHRIS KELSEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Kelsey does what most of us cannot: he makes something from nothing. It sounds like a magic trick, like a miraculous conjuration . . . but for Kelsey such inspiration happens as naturally as breathing in and out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like my stories are already written,\u201d he says. \u201cAs though these characters and actions and settings already exist. Some artists prepare and outline and plan, others fly by the seat of their pants: I\u2019m definitely a <em>Pantser<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kelsey is an award-winning composer, performer, recording artist, writer, and author whose first novel \u2014\u00a0<em>Where the Hurt is\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 currently ranks #1 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Where-Hurt-Chris-Kelsey\/dp\/1684330718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u2019s list of downloaded mystery novels. It\u2019s a remarkable list of achievements for one who also serves as Director of Instrumental Music at Trinity-Pawling School. But the life that takes place around him is what seems to fuel Kelsey\u2019s own creative fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I\u2019m reading, I\u2019m reminded of stories that I\u2019m creating in my own imagination. When I listen to music, I\u2019m reminded of compositions I\u2019m building, myself. It\u2019s an intrinsic part of who I am; it just happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is known as a musical artist who specializes in improvisation; he sees writing in a similar light:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether in music or in writing, improvisation is the culmination of every scale I\u2019ve mastered, every hour I\u2019ve practiced, every page I\u2019ve read, every hour I\u2019ve lived\u201d he says. \u201cI just listen and observe, and go where the story wants to go. In the end, the creative process \u2014 and the created product \u2014 always seems inevitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spoken like a true <em>Pantser<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>by John Teaford<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Kelsey does what most of us cannot: he makes something from nothing. It sounds like a magic trick, like a miraculous conjuration . . . but for Kelsey such inspiration happens as naturally as breathing in and out. \u201cIt feels like my stories are already written,\u201d he says. \u201cAs though these characters and actions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-november-2018"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"BY THE SEAT OF HIS PANTS...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2364"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2364\/revisions\/2415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trinitypawlingthequad.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}