DBR

Daniel Bernard Roumain came to my orchestra class today.  Very inspiring, interesting.  His kind of playing, the way the music was so engaging and fluid and expressive, is beyond words.  He talked to us about how music is a language, and how speech isn't the only way to communicate.  He picked random people to go to the front of the room and play together, improvisationally, to tell a story; the results were actually quite good.  He played for us, some sort of strange and wonderful violin piece that at times sounded like a violin and at times sounded like something entirely different.  He made our group play, but somehow it was better.



I'm totally going to his concert tomorrow night, assuming that nothing falls through.

Life is still happening.  School and college applications are still happening.  Sorting_elite is not happening, although it will by the end of the sorting period.  Also, best wishes to everyone on my flist, particularly those who are going through some spot of good or bad.

P.S.  Also, I am currently reading Everything is Illuminated .  So far it has proved to be a very premium book. :)