A goal and A Light in the Attic.
This bridge will only take you halfway there
To those mysterious lands you long to see:
Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fairs
And moonlit woods where unicorns run free.
So come and walk awhile with me and share
The twisting trails and wondrous worlds I've known.
But this bridge will only take you halfway there--
The last few steps you have to take alone.
--Shel Silverstein, "The Bridge"
To those mysterious lands you long to see:
Through gypsy camps and swirling Arab fairs
And moonlit woods where unicorns run free.
So come and walk awhile with me and share
The twisting trails and wondrous worlds I've known.
But this bridge will only take you halfway there--
The last few steps you have to take alone.
--Shel Silverstein, "The Bridge"
A PERSONAL CHALLENGE APPEARS!
Okay, silliness complete.
It's appropriate, though. I've decided that I'd like to set some Shel Silverstein poems to music in time for my senior recital. A little comic relief is always a nice thing, and I think I could do some interesting things with them. I've limited myself to poems from A Light in the Attic, and I've narrowed it down to nine so far; I'd like to trim that to anywhere between three and six.
Before I can start working on this I need to finish the clarinet thing I'm currently working on (currently it's at about 1:30; I was kinda hoping for twice that, so we'll see what happens). I also need to go back and nurse the rejected horn/piano piece back to health (and hopefully acceptance). I've also got a tentative goal of writing a five-minute-ish piece for Wind Ensemble; since that gets deducted of my required 30 minutes of senior recital time, that means I'll only need 25 minutes. I've got around 15 now, not counting the clarinet piece.
So I've got plenty of goals; what I lack is motivation. I need to stop taking weekends off of everything and crack down on everything, really: composition, piano, Spanish, and diet (for health purposes, not weight loss).
Time to sleep on some ideas and see if they've turned into anything by morning.
Okay, silliness complete.
It's appropriate, though. I've decided that I'd like to set some Shel Silverstein poems to music in time for my senior recital. A little comic relief is always a nice thing, and I think I could do some interesting things with them. I've limited myself to poems from A Light in the Attic, and I've narrowed it down to nine so far; I'd like to trim that to anywhere between three and six.
Before I can start working on this I need to finish the clarinet thing I'm currently working on (currently it's at about 1:30; I was kinda hoping for twice that, so we'll see what happens). I also need to go back and nurse the rejected horn/piano piece back to health (and hopefully acceptance). I've also got a tentative goal of writing a five-minute-ish piece for Wind Ensemble; since that gets deducted of my required 30 minutes of senior recital time, that means I'll only need 25 minutes. I've got around 15 now, not counting the clarinet piece.
So I've got plenty of goals; what I lack is motivation. I need to stop taking weekends off of everything and crack down on everything, really: composition, piano, Spanish, and diet (for health purposes, not weight loss).
Time to sleep on some ideas and see if they've turned into anything by morning.
Comments
Give me a holler if you ever need any diet/nutrition info. Not sure if you know I'm a clinical dietitian??
And I did know you were! But I figured Vox is your escape, and no one wants to be bothered with work-related things on their Vox, hahaha. My main issue is cholesterol stuff. I know the basic gist of what I should be doing--less saturated and trans fat, more food to up the "good cholesterol," more regular exercise, etc. It's just so hard, and I'm so lazy! Hahaha. =D
Ok I'm done.
Joie -- sounds like a great idea --- how cool to be able to say, I think I'm going to compose a song for this today. You rock.
And listen to sdede2 -- he's wise in the ways of eating and being healthy (good lord, have you seen his biking posts?!??! sheesh!) Anyway, I'm glad you said it wasn't about losing weight, b/c if you had said that I would have gone to the south and taken you to the crazy-clinic myself.