Dr. Dorothy Adamson Holley, aka Drum Dr. Dot!, is a Developmental Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, author, recording artist, percussionist, songwriter, vocalist, harmonicist, and Healer Through Music. She integrates mental health and the arts to promote healing. Drumetry™ is an outgrowth of such integration. Drumetry opens us to healing at many levels, and its themes include love, forgiveness, peace, freedom, wholeness, and cultural pride.
My passion for drumming began in my mother's womb, for her heartbeat is the first drum I ever heard; as one of my Drumetry pieces proclaims, "I was born to drum!" When I am drumming, I feel oneness with everything that is. There are no divisions, no separations, and no false dichotomies. The schism between my head and my heart, my mind and my body, my intellect and my emotions, myself, and others is suddenly healed. There is nowhere to be and nothing to do except to open myself to Spirit and to allow God’s love and grace to flow through me. It is a time of self-transcendence; I am in timeless, thoughtless, weightless space, a space where the fragments of my shattered psyche coalesce to form a unified whole. For me, this is the essence of freedom!
IN RHYTHM!
Drum Dr. Dot
My passion for drumming began in my mother's womb, for her heartbeat is the first drum I ever heard; as one of my Drumetry pieces proclaims, "I was born to drum!" When I am drumming, I feel oneness with everything that is. There are no divisions, no separations, and no false dichotomies. The schism between my head and my heart, my mind and my body, my intellect and my emotions, myself, and others is suddenly healed. There is nowhere to be and nothing to do except to open myself to Spirit and to allow God’s love and grace to flow through me. It is a time of self-transcendence; I am in timeless, thoughtless, weightless space, a space where the fragments of my shattered psyche coalesce to form a unified whole. For me, this is the essence of freedom!
IN RHYTHM!
Drum Dr. Dot
Did you know that Drum Dr. Dot is a vetted artist through the Maryland State Arts Council? Check out her profile on the Maryland State Arts Council MSAC Roster and hire Drum Dr. Dot for your next event! Click here to view Drum Dr. Dot's profile on the MSAC Artist Touring Roster: https://www.msac.org/directory/artists/drum-dr-dot.
