& my world will be coloured.

Tuesday, April 28

J-bag and poem

My drawing of Joshua Bell. I submitted it a while ago, but I haven't updated my blog recently because I've been busy with stuff. J-bag is my favorite violinist.

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Monotony: the myth of art
suffocation
breathing ashes, a new respiration
un-mends a mellow Heart.
Perpetually absent,
a ruined memoirist,
destroys-to-creates...
mistakes: unreal realized
as Beauty, the imagined aesthetic.

I lost the slip of paper that I wrote this poem on, so I just now re-wrote it from memory as April, National Poetry Month, comes to an end. I said I would write a poem and so I have... It was written out, originally, as a metered poem, but since I can only remember the main lines, it's ok like this... who needs all the other useless filler words?

Anyway, I'll be busy again. Working on a color pencil drawing of Jeff Hardy. I have some WIP of it, but I'll keep those "private" until I'm done.

Labels: classical music, deviantart, poetry

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Tuesday, March 17

Worlds I used to live in

Time for Spring!

Yesterday was a good day for playing tennis. Better than ideal, even though it was a little windy outside. I wish I could play tennis all the time, but I can't. Haha, work and play don't really work out. I watched a replay of Wimbledon 2008, when Rafa played Roger; it still feels good to watch. I'm gonna be even more nervous next time they play each other at either Roland Garros or Wimbledon (that's if they both make it to the finals). :o Tennis plays hard on your nerves... will it go long or hit the net? RAWR. xD I guess Roger Federer got his Orca preggie too, but I'm still not believing he's straight as an arrow, if you know what I mean. Surrogate mother, puh-lease. I included a recent picture of Rafa-beans from a soccer match. He actually dressed nicely. Usually he looks kinda out of it with his fashions: Eire says Rafa looks like he's saying, "me es el smart." xD

Anyway, Stephanie finally sent me her list of songs that she already owns and I'll look for some others for her. I also figured out a new song that I can play on the flute-- Ashokan Farewell. It sounds pretty cool... and looking up some information on it, I see that James Galway has done a version of it, so it must lend well for the flute otherwise he wouldn't have it on a CD. I haven't been able to find good flute music lately, and I've been forced to play violin music instead.

I can't remember what else I wanted to write about. I'll probably send off the copies of my art next week and then have something to update. I want to start something new tonight with watercolors (which I hate, because of the WATER aspects of it). Probably a picture of Lee Junki or Kim Kibum. Haha. I would look for pictures of TVXQ at iTVXQ.net, but I know I'll just spend an hour looking at all the pictures and forgetting about my original mission. I do that! Stupid... xD

My mind is driving myself crazy. I don't know why I couldn't exist without knowing what TACITURN meant... like it was the single most important thing I had to know. Haha, but it means "quietly; not in a manner inclined to speaking," which I knew. I need to buy a dictionary. The last one we had was from the 70s and had outdated information. All I really remember about it is the definition for AFRO had a funny picture included with it, apparently to demonstrate what an Afro looked like. Hahahaha~

Labels: classical music, Rafa, tvxq

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Tuesday, March 3

The music today

Lately I've been playing violin music on my flute, mainly because I can't find any flute music I like to play anymore. I listen to the classical station pretty much all day, so I have a source to find new songs... it's just a matter of liking the songs. There's a certain lyrical style I like and it's hard to find composers who wrote like that. Going through Joshua Bell's repertoire helps, since he has played a lot of music which I like... a lot from the Romantic era~ Anyway, I'm also learning some more methods for improvisation because that's something I've never been comfortable with in music.

Been listening to THSK/TVXQ Bolero's a lot too. It's a nice song and the PV is nice too. Sorry I'm just not in the mood to go into a lot of details on it~ Haha. But Micky's mouth looks puffy and I like Jaejoong's emo boy haircut. No extentions look good on him.

Labels: classical music, tvxq

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Sunday, February 1

Love is dangerous...

So Rafael Nadal wins the Aussie Open~ I'm surprised because he continues to improve all the time. Vamos Rafa~

Anyway, I think it's a little annoying... how Roger had to start crying like that at the end; it ruins the ending for Rafa. How can Rafa celebrate without looking like an ass if your opponent is crying like a baby? And Rafa had to remind Roger how many championships he has won--I don't care if Roger is chasing Pete's record, it's still a patsy move of him to cry like that.

I'm still happy about the outcome, though. Rafa is the first Spaniard to win the Aussie Open and this is his first hard court title! Vamos. rofl Eire and I were heckling Roger throughout the match (I mean, imagine that at 3am. rofl)~ That's what makes it even more fun to watch is when everyone in the room is cheering for Rafa. Let's see... what were some of the funny ones? "C'mon Rafa, hit it up Rog's pooper?" No... "vamos Ralfalfa?" (you know... like the Little Rascals?) Hahaha, no there were some more but it's probably better I don't write them down. xD

Anyway, today I picked up my Fantasy Pieces Opus 2 by Carl Neilsen. It was re-arranged for flute so it should be good. Who plays the oboe anyway? Haha, and I got Chopin's piano concerto no.2 CD too. That's one of my favorite compositions. I think I'll try to start on some new art since I gave Stuart's picture to him and the other commission pieces I'm supposed to do are being taken care of by Eire. rofl, outsourcing, I know. So, yeah, that should be interesting. I'm not sure of what it will be. Also, I'm still studying my Korean. I had to re-start because I sorta lost my concentration and motivation there for a little while. Oh, and this weekend I heard the Met perform Verdi's Rigoletto~ What an awesome opera. I know, that makes me... slightly smarter than the average Ralfalfa Bean. :)

Labels: classical music, deviantart, Rafa

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Tuesday, December 2

Flute and layout

I decided I'm going to learn Mozart's Flute Concerto no. 1 properly. I only practice the second movement normally, but I've really gotten to enjoy the last movement, so that will be my goal. TO BE COMPLETED WHEN I FEEL LIKE IT. That's how motivated I am. I also have a couple of other pieces that I picked out. A book of French favorites -- they're all easy pieces, but that might be best for me to play expressively, which is how I love to play the most. With Mozart, your ass better be on time otherwise you sound so amateur.

I also put a new layout up. It was made by Carol, so it should work in firefox... I hope. But if it doesn't, that's ok because it's featuring the one and only Jaejoong~ Speaking of which, I didn't finish Gackt last night. I started drawing and got really tired. Haha, so I'll finish that tonight and start on the color pencil drawing of Jaejoong. Then, I'll make the copies and send them off to Demona Pink to scan for me.

Why is cyworld always down when I want to log in? Damn timezones. Haha~ No wait, it's loading, just really slow...

Haha, and I heard some stranger listening to Hug today by TVXQ! What are the odds? I should have said to them, "Haha, Jaejoong Kim is the cutest, yeah?" just to look like a crazy person or something. :)

Labels: classical music, deviantart

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Monday, October 6

03. Joshua Bell!

Listened to St. Paul Sunday this weekend, and Joshua Bell was the performer. He's my absolute favoite violinist. Everyone else can just go away. Thanks.

Anyway, this was the performance. And the information about it is...

...They begin with the joyous "Spring" sonata, one of Beethoven's most beloved and infectiously hopeful works. Next, two shorter works of Tchaikovsky reveal the performers' exquisite sense of line and timing. And the program concludes with Pablo de Sarasate's Introduction et Tarantelle, a dazzling work which in Mr. Bell's hands affirms again why he's a violinist cherished the world over.

The pieces I liked the most were the ones by Tchaikovsky. Joshua did a nice job expressing himself on those pieces. Haha, I didn't like the Beethoven sonata very much, but that's probably because I don't really like his music. Too obnoxious.

Hahahaha, but Joshua Bell looks dorky on his website. Wait, a violinist will probably always look dorky. Even You (not you, but You from GacktJOB Hahaha).

Labels: classical music

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