And, then I discovered this article by Gene Weingarten. It rightfully won the Pulitzer Prize.
"If we can't take the time out of our lives to stay a moment and listen to one of the best musicians on Earth play some of the best music ever written; if the surge of modern life so overpowers us that we are deaf and blind to something like that -- then what else are we missing?"
What unexpected beauty do we miss every day?
Here is Joshua Bell in the "right frame" playing and talking about Chaconne by Bach:
How much beauty have I rushed past today? Yesterday?
How often do I forget that we are blessed?
Coincidentally, I went to see Brett Dennen play last night, here in Louisville. He filled the room with grace and joy. It was beautiful.
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I'm so sorry to read about your grandfather. I hope you and your family are doing OK. I am thinking of you today, sending much love.
Thanks for posting the Weingarten article, which I just read.
I liked this para:
"One biographically intriguing fact about Bell is that he got his first music lessons when he was a 4-year-old in Bloomington, Ind. His parents, both psychologists, decided formal training might be a good idea after they saw that their son had strung rubber bands across his dresser drawers and was replicating classical tunes by ear, moving drawers in and out to vary the pitch."
Amazing! And amazing to think that we get our genes and talents from our ancestors, our dying grandparents who give us so much that we take for granted. Like the beauty we rush past each day.
xx
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