the A student
The business of school often feels like a game and I try to learn the rules but no simple playbook. The nice thing about being solo is you make your […]
the course this fall
There are poor people who voted for Trump and who have done worse under him but they are ok to repeat the soundbites and reassure themselves. Like showing injured lungs […]
glass solo
There was a tweet from Bernie Sanders on July 10th from Wall Street and while speaking to the camera a UPS delivery person passes him and without interrupting pats him […]
yes we’re going to a party party
On the track for the UP at Bloor I listened to the song of the train arriving with loud low frequencies and a single treble bell note floating in the […]
the mind is just like this too
The orchestra auditions are done behind a curtain so that the assessment is primarily about the tone generated and the sound of the execution. To whatever extent the player might […]
terminator
The flaw in the Terminator films is the premise that someone is returning to now from the future, altering the present in order to alter the future. If that is […]
first work
watched a tutorial on how to draw. so mysterious, why i cannot as well as i want. in the tutorial they reduced parts into geometric shapes. very similar to people […]
the obvious
student: how long does it take to become a master musician? teacher: a lifetime. student: have you heard one? teacher: i have. student: live like in person? teacher: yep. student: […]
the pill
student: How do you get the left hand to do something repetitive and fast and then play something altogether different with your right? teacher: You take independence pills. […]
Most of The Time
most of the time, my head is on straight most of the time, I’m strong enough not to hate I don’t build up illusion ’till it makes me […]