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Rain Rain Go Away...I swam to class each day. For this past week at least. It's a bit funny that we use words as if there is a specific demarcation between things like seasons. The first week of Spring 2010 felt more like autumn. Pouring rains, falling leaves, howling winds...wishing it was the holiday season. I caught Ni singing some carols just the other day!


But speaking of getting back into the swing of things, one of my biggest dilemma was fitting orchestra into my schedule. It's something that I've done for so many years that it just feels like a part of me. I don't know if it has to do with the weather or the time, but I just don't feel the excitement or camaraderie that I usually feel. Even after the first rehearsal, we had played two of my favorite pieces: Tristan und Isolde and Brahm's 3rd but still no extreme sense of belonging. More of a routine feeling. Have I lost it?

I find that one of the most beautiful things about playing in a large ensemble is the ability to create something together. Our individual parts don't sound much of anything on their own. But when we play together...it's like magic. It makes sense and even more so, it makes art--music. Something that traverses time and space. Something entirely yours, but theirs at the same time. I guess it'll also touch onto philosophy. Tangential to epistemology? Maybe! I know that you know what I know because it's also music to you!



We'll see how week 2 goes. Hopefully something will click. Other than that, this week was busy and fun but I don't think I was entirely "there" the whole time.