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January 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM

That's a great qoute, isn't it? It's simply out of the novel that I'm currently reading.

It's obvious to all of us, that once you become a musician your life is never the same. You pick up on things others never will notice. You become more sophisticated. You also develop this lifetime relationship with a partner.

Our instrument does so much for us. It becomes a companion in which we find comfort, joy, sadness and pain. An ability to share emotion with the world. Always there never to complain. There for us to create amazing things.

When playing The Lark Ascending, I blend with my violin. I am raised above everything as the melody soars to new heights and lows. Maybe one of the reasons I enjoy this piece so much is because of the symbolism that lay beneath.

In the opening, the lark is taking flight. The main theme, the beat of the lark's wings. As things accelerate, the lark is carried higher and higher until it reaches above. Dancing about the clouds until at the end of the piece, the lark melts into the horizon ever so delicately.

When I play this piece, magical things happen to me. I get chills, and when I reach the most dramatic parts, I lose my breath and my heart seems to stop beating in the moment.

My connection with music is so unlike anything I've ever experienced in life. I love my violin, without it all of me would be gone. What would I turn to for comfort? Where would my motivation lay? What else would I be doing for 2-4 hours every day? What would I dream about? Where would my goals be?

What is your connection with music? Why do you chose to practice so vigorously? What pushes you? What is the most amazing thing that music has ever given to you? I want to know. I think all of our connections with music are so unique that they may never be connected. Though I could be extremely wrong in the sense.

From Elinor Estepa
Posted on January 25, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Hey Welcome Back kiddo!

that book your currently reading is one of a great one that has been published.

it's good that you have that you into your self interpreting the Lark, and combining it with some lil wisdom form that book. your very talented!

I wish one day that we all could listen your Lark, from a point of view of heart of a teenager.

Keep up the good work!

From Anne-Marie Proulx
Posted on January 25, 2009 at 6:25 PM

Welcome back too!

Yes, you are right. Can I just say a taboo thing that only you could understand lol! I have always said that the realation ship between a good violin and a serious violinist of all level is deeper than love... When I bough my actual instrument ( I am almost 100% sure it is "the" one because it plays so well etc. )I shouted out loud to my maker, and teacher that I knew it was the most beautiful day in my life! They looked at me weirdly laughting and said I would have to say this one to my husband one day if ever I got married so that he knows the truth... But really, your relationship with a good instrument can start as early as 4-5 years old + you spend so much more hours with your violin. If you lose your human partner (I don't wish this to anyone, of course), you still have "your" life and your occupations but if you lose the violin, you lose a part of yourself! It takes much more time to play well than to fall in love! It is much harder and longer to give birth to nice music (overall, understand me well :)) than to make a baby. If it is the other way around, one has a serious problem!!! (forget about this one I could not resist to put this!) Ok I admit, you have to raise your children for about 20 years but violin is a life's journey and it is never finished. And so on. I'm not saying that those with a family should consider it less important than their violin, I'm just saying that violin is a part of who YOU are and not another person or something "outside" of you. Please, if you have to save your beloved instrument or your children, save your children!!!

I understand what you want to say!

Anne-Marie

From Paul G.
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 3:36 AM

Thanks Elinor and Anne-Marie. Comments like yours help me to "keep going" if you know what I mean.

Thanks again:)

From Larisa Mihaela
Posted on January 26, 2009 at 10:33 PM

What is your connection with music? Why do you chose to practice so vigorously? What pushes you? What is the most amazing thing that music has ever given to you?

Are you kidding me ? :) What was the most amazing thing that music has given to me? Everything. It was like finding myself when I decided -finally, and after a long, long , very looong time to think-that I want to pursue music. It has only been a little more than one year since than , and my life has changed. I laugh a lot more, I have a lot more confidence, and I respond to music in a very different way , so that I became a much better dancer - yeap .:) And I am happy that I progressed a lot since than , finally pulling out value of my real talent .

It has given me pain too, because every time I think about where I should have been right now- I could have been on great stages , if I practiced from the beginning . I didn't value my talent when I should have , and now I feel a great regret about that .It also brings me frustration , like the anger of not getting a passage, or the worst thing for me, not being able to express musically what I feel ..or the guilt of not practicing if I don't practice.Yeap, but the rewards , and looking back and seeing that I trully evolved , and playing through a piece and feeling that , finally , I am speaking my heart , that makes it all!Violin is so beautiful!

Hey , and welcome back! :)

From Paul G.
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 12:55 AM

Thanks for sharing, Larisa. It's good to read your feelings again.

From E. Smith
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 2:30 PM

I had a hunch you wouldn't stay away for long! :D

From Paul G.
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM

Yeah.... Pretty sad I can't hold out for more than three weeks... But I'm posting less lol.

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