My continuing mission? To fill in the gaps in my knowledge of repertoire, to discover, to listen, to document, to journal. To boldly go where no one has gone before. Or at least, to get there for myself.
In Music History 303 we had to do listening journals about the new music we encountered. When I was reflecting on what was missing from my life in graduate school, I realized that I have been so wrapped up in technique and practicing that I don't let myself discover, obsess, listen. I became closed off. Bjork gave me good advice: "You have to tightrope walk all the time, to keep yourself open enough to communicate and retreat enough to plant new seeds and grow."
It is utter necessity at this point to find that balance. If I spend my days in a practice room, I will be no better for it. I need to experience music, to let it wash over me. I hope that through my efforts with this blog, I will be able to understand it a little better.
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- Dana
- I run home in the pouring rain, blast classical in the car, love all manner of conversation. I love to bask in nature and learn how to listen to silence. I love the smell of vintage stores. I wear my fiance's hoodies. I still play dress up. My favorite date is to the grocery store. I love the smell of campfires, waking up in love, and rock and roll. I wander in art galleries and blow bubbles over the lake. I love the first snow and the last kiss. I love songs that get under my skin and I'm obsessed with anything I've never heard before. I love museums, rereading old journals, and humming Rachmaninoff in the rain. I like to crunch the autumn leaves when they sound like potato chips under my boots. I live on lipbalm and teacups. I am a nostalgia junkie and a collector of affection. I am a hopeless romantic with a plan.
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