Broken pieces

There is nothing quite like Christmas to stir up thoughts of the past. The lights and the trees, the smells and the sounds, so many things that can trigger memories of years gone by. And perhaps, a few "perfect" moments; picture framed in our minds and forever cherished. I recently took my daughter to the Christmas Twilight Parade in hopes of creating such memories for her. We watched to floats go by, decorated with lights, playing music, and of course throwing out some candy for the kids as…

Jesus & Kintsugi (金継ぎ) 💛✨ two things I love so much. I first learned of Kintsugi when I was working on my art degree in college. During one of our pottery classes, our teacher taught us about the history of the technique and how it was done. I immediately fell in love with how beautifully symbolic this technique is 😭💛 For those who don’t know, Kintsugi (金継ぎ, “golden joinery”) is a Japanese pottery technique that uses a gold lacquer to repair broken pieces. The cracks in each piece of…

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a quick poem on self harm how we are so similer to inanimate objects around us.

I found the following quotation from Ritu Ghatourey: "Moving on isn't about not loving them anymore and forgetting them. It's about having the strength to say 'I still love you, but you're not worth the pain.'" While I was playing the second movement of the Carmen Fantasy, I thought about Jay. [Which is 0:00-2:20ish in the following video.] I actually have trouble playing this part of the piece because it is in a minor key but my instinct is to play in in a major key. (I suppose that's why I…

// -will you ever fall in love? - i can't even fall asleep.