Every year at this time I think about the year gone by, starting with, how did it go by so fast? It was easier to keep track of time when my kids were young, like the ladder of pencil marks on the door frame marking their heights as they grew. Now it’s a blur. I don’t really make New Year’s resolutions, but if I were to do so, I would resolve to have more “in the moment” moments instead of always rushing to get from one thing to the next.
Sunday night, Sandy and I attended a concert of chamber music at the annual holiday event hosted by world-class violinist and friend, Mira Wang. What a delight to sit in front, an arm’s reach from the violin bow as it flew over the strings, and become one with that beautiful music rather than merely listening from a distance. I was in the moment then, and found my eyes welling with tears at one point, feeling what I sensed the composer (Chausson) must have felt when composing the piece. If my emotions on my darker days could be expressed in music, it would sound like that. Instead I put words to paper to express what’s inside me. Sometimes I’m surprised by what comes out. Thoughts and feelings I didn’t know I had in me. Powerful stuff.
The concert takes place at the NY Yacht Club, a baronial mansion of a building where you’re surrounded by the trappings of the Gilded Era, including a magnificent Tiffany skylight. Oh, yeah, and model ships. Lots and lots of them. Something to keep you occupied during intermission, as you imagine the voyages you might take. For every Owl there is a Pussycat.
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