depths of sound.

the pianist who played yesterday was well worth it. he was all sweaty after playing a twenty plus minute piece, i hadn't realized it was such an exertion. but this guy never looked at a scrap of music. that last tweny minute piece was amazing. and to have it all in the guy's head was just phenonmenal.

the final piece was sonata in b minor by Liszt. the thing that struck me about this piece was it was a faust themed story in music. the varying themes were laid out for us hearers to stay more invovled and the piece. the mephistopholes' sounds were heavy and imposing, while the lover, gretchen's sounds were light and airy. the striking thing was, the notes, the music was exactly the same for the devil as the lover. this recurring theme of demon lover is something i shall have to explore. of course it was not stated outright, but it does not take a genius to figure out that using the exact same theme for demon and lover is no coincidence.

my friend the pianist was also at this little shindig and i overheard him saying to someone at the intermission,

she's a poet and is probably writing a poem right now.

which is nice to overhear. so i looked up and said,

it's finished. want to read it.

and he did. i'm not used to people really knowing what i'm up to, so this was a new experience for me.

do you want to see it? hopefully it is worth your time.

Depths of Sound

The Fingers
___of God
Dance across
___ivory shores
Plunge the world
___into peals
Of ecstasy
___Depths of Sound
Wave upon wave
___relentless beauty
Creation
___a union
Of sound and
___matter
Unleashing torrents
___of emotion
Black keyed despair
___Golden Stones
Hammers quicken
___silence falls
The void forever
___filled
To overflowing
___Depths of Sound.



there's more to say but time prohibits me from going on. to all the fine men who read me and whom i adore, happy father's day!