Wait a minute

Wait a minute
You're not a star
You're a helicopter.

The Chimney Next Door

Dear next door neighbor,
I am a big fan of your chimney. I see it through my window every day. Each morning when I wake up, the sun is there in the exact place to make it shine in a really beautiful red color. Against the rest of the really calm and grey morning, it makes me feel good about something, because beauty still exists in the smallest forms. You probably don't think much about your chimney but it makes me smile and be grateful for the smallest things every day.

On Musicians

Something I always think about but still don't have a definitive answer to is about where music happens. Who is most responsible for the creation of a great performance? Is it the composer or the musicians? Being a musician is something I can somewhat do. Being a composer, not so much. (I wish.) The composer writes the notes and there is definitely a completely different feel to Beethoven then there is to Tchaikovsky or something. But then Janine Jansen also has a completely different feel than Perlman.