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May 27

“That’s the scary thing about theatre. it doesn’t live on. But that’s actually the most beautiful thing about it, too. That’s why it’s more beautiful than film and certainly more beautiful than television, because it’s like life. Real life. Any picture that you take or any video that you make of yourself is not really you, it’s only an image that represents the experience you had. In theater, the process of it is the experience. Everyone goes through the process, and everyone has the experience together. It doesn’t last only in people’s memories and in their hearts. That’s the beauty and sadness of it. But that’s life, beauty and the sadness. And that is why theater is life.” Sherie Rene Scott

May 22

“The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.” Kurt Vonnegut (via music-fox)

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May 19

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killin’ it!

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What a great job by all the students!

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Tenafly Honors Orchestra 5/18/2012.

May 16

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If you don’t practice as a pianist, you’ll never be able to play the piano - everybody agrees with that. But it’s also true of spirituality. If you don’t practice, nothing’s really gonna happen. You can feed yourself. You can read books and feel good and go to teachers and get different indications and glimpses, but the fundamental situation isn’t going to change.

However, it goes the other way, too. If you are a devoted piano student and you study and you practice and you listen to the great composers and pianists, you’ll become a very accomplished pianist and able to bring great beauty into your life and the lives of others. It’s no different with spirituality.”

~ Reggie Ray, Dharma Ocean Foundation

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“You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.” Paulo Coelho (via whimsicalele)

May 13

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Here’s a track from my recital at Atonement on April 20, 2012. Enjoy!

May 5

“Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.” Eckhart Tolle (via nirvikalpa)

Mar 8

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (via only-the-unloved-hate)

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these are things I would like to share with you

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