something about human presence disquiets me
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Utterly, utterly misanthropic.
Some traits from my internally unsettling teenage years come back and poke their heads out of my seemingly flat mirror surface. That is, love with ardor and hate with passion.
I can never wrap my head around it.
But, I must conclude, I must be utterly, utterly misanthropic.
Happy snowstorm!
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010All classes are cancelled today, due to snowstorm. My initial reaction was so positive – habit from childhood I guess, but then I realized that it would mean no Beethoven/Brahms/Schubert class, and no Pam Frank masterclass. Then, I became a little sad. Just enough to make me realize that I can use the time to [...]
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010A thought came to my mind today, when Horowitz’ famous remark on the categorizing of pianists: “Jewish, gay, bad” kept jumping to my eyes everywhere lately.
And this thought is somehow tied to my recent reading of Beethoven’s letters and conversations.
I think, I have a probable answer (though of course this is not the only one) to why [...]
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010I’d like to, as stupefying of a proclamation (perhaps shameless too) as it is, get to know just about everything about: Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms. If we must talk about the goals of human life, I think this can be already a rather substantial one.
I’ve always thought that there’s much of a similarity between Chinese romanticism and Germanic romanticism (up [...]
My heart sings praise to You
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010Today, I woke up with such joy!
For the first time in a long time, I felt excited about the day ahead of me. (not that there’s anything special going on today.) I am so thankful for being where I am, with whoever I met, doing what I love. So thankful for being alive, healthy, loved.
All [...]
