I used to play piano very well. I could riff endlessly in a way that engaged my heart, but it wasn't great music in the least. But I was loving it like a warm bath.
This girl's skills and her obvious prepping for this session are not where I'm wanting to put a gold star. I'm not saying she's spontaneously "professionally jamming" with the Peas. She's not ready for prime time -- though she'd kick ass if American Idol had a version for instrumentalists. Nope, what gets me about this girl is her openheartedness. She's just seeming to me to "be there" and not thinking about what others might think of her skills, her looks, or her personality. She's beautifully attired with innocence. Sermon on the Mount: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "John Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It was great, but no way was it improvised. A flow of bliss perhaps, but a > carefully rehearsed one. > > John > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Duveyoung" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 4:04 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Hip Hop Violin > > > This girl is such a delight. > > I thought every kid at MSAE was going to manifest this kind of > excellence -- she's astoundingly accomplished at so young an age. > > But, her playing and dancing are the very least part of this video. > > It is her esteem that knocks me over. She loves "what's happening > inside her brain" so much that it cannot be contained but must be > radiated. > > In my eyes, she's pure, knows it, and thus there's no governor on her > accelerator. She can just blast away knowing, trusting that flow of > bliss, assured that her joie de vivre is authentic and brought to you > without commercial (ego) interruption direct from the Absolute. > > Seeing her -- as proof that life can be good -- I should be filled > with recriminations for my misspent life, but her energy leaves no > room in my heart for any other emotion than "You go, girl!" > > What a thrill! > > Edg > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" > <j_alexander_stanley@> wrote: > > > > I have pretty much zero appreciation for hip hop, but I *loved* > > this video: > > > > http://youtube.com/watch?v=janXm1thRhM > > >
