Also, this:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-governor-whos-castigating-the-president-on-climate-change/
Sunday, December 10, 2017
follow-through
Well, clearly I have not followed through very strongly on my goals to blog more this year. I tried at first to stay positive, to find common ground. But as things have gotten worse and worse, I gave up on that. Instead, I am trying to just stay up, and not let the world's events get me down. Sometimes that just means staying in a little bubble for a bit. Other times, it means figuring out how to fight back.
Because in 2018, it's time to fight back. On environmental lines, on feminist lines, on economic lines. I'm not sure how music figures in, to be honest. For me, it might mean more chamber music, and being proactive in creating opportunities for myself to make music with friends I enjoy playing with and playing repertoire that I love, instead of just taking what is dished out to me. I think it also means expanding my involvement in the community beyond music, and in civic life. This past week, in which SoCal has been plagued by fire, has been strange. Much of my work has been canceled or postponed. So I finally have enough energy and creative juice to write, but I find myself with too much on my mind to focus on any one thing. So, here are some goals I'd like to set for myself in 2018:
1) Be more environmentally aware: recycle more carefully, use less water, take the car less, and try to find a way to compost.
2) Get involved in the community more: I'd like to go to some neighborhood council meetings, and participate in local events more.
3) Be more active in foiling the current administrations efforts to destroy this democracy: protest more, contact members of congress more, volunteer for organizations like the Giffords Law Center, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Tree People.
4) Keep my country moving forward by speaking up and voting: about injustices like rampant sexism, unfair tax laws, uneven education, insane housing costs, and environmental injustice.
I'm writing this here to help me stay on track. I hope now that 2017 is mostly done with, I will be able to follow through in 2018!!!
In the mean time, to help deal with 2017, here is a silly video to keep spirits up.
Because in 2018, it's time to fight back. On environmental lines, on feminist lines, on economic lines. I'm not sure how music figures in, to be honest. For me, it might mean more chamber music, and being proactive in creating opportunities for myself to make music with friends I enjoy playing with and playing repertoire that I love, instead of just taking what is dished out to me. I think it also means expanding my involvement in the community beyond music, and in civic life. This past week, in which SoCal has been plagued by fire, has been strange. Much of my work has been canceled or postponed. So I finally have enough energy and creative juice to write, but I find myself with too much on my mind to focus on any one thing. So, here are some goals I'd like to set for myself in 2018:
1) Be more environmentally aware: recycle more carefully, use less water, take the car less, and try to find a way to compost.
2) Get involved in the community more: I'd like to go to some neighborhood council meetings, and participate in local events more.
3) Be more active in foiling the current administrations efforts to destroy this democracy: protest more, contact members of congress more, volunteer for organizations like the Giffords Law Center, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Tree People.
4) Keep my country moving forward by speaking up and voting: about injustices like rampant sexism, unfair tax laws, uneven education, insane housing costs, and environmental injustice.
I'm writing this here to help me stay on track. I hope now that 2017 is mostly done with, I will be able to follow through in 2018!!!
In the mean time, to help deal with 2017, here is a silly video to keep spirits up.
Monday, June 19, 2017
What Does the Fox Say?
This came up on facebook, and it made me laugh just as much as the first time I saw it.
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Reflections on rejection
"Why is it so important that we all be humiliated, with such ingenuity and at such great expense? We never thought we were such hot stuff in the first place."
–Kurt Vonnegut
–Kurt Vonnegut
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
Genie: It Ain't Necessarily So....
I meant to post this over the summer, but I forgot. I had been preparing to play Porgy & Bess for the Utah Festival Opera & Musical Theatre when I was suddenly reminded of the Genie's song from Disney's Aladdin (featuring Robin Williams)--in the middle of It Ain't Necessarily So. Now I am playing an orchestral suite from P&B and I am again reminded of the similarities. See for yourself if you hear what I hear (mostly in the "ba-da--doo, waaa, waaa!).
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