Cheers to a New Year!

Hello all!

Hope you have had a chance to reflect upon and celebrate 2005! I was able to enjoy great solace, comfort, and warmth with family over the break before returning to Lawrence, and I'm really grateful for that time.

Today I sifted through the many beginnings of projects and decided to revisit the piece that has been done (or at least ready for the next step) since I wrote it in 3 days in July. I didn't have much to fix.

The text comes from young poet, Ekiwah Belendez, and is written for SSAATTBB Chorus, a cappella. Here is the text:

The beautiful things I have loved
Like old tired men
Wait for their turn to come back,
To be children again
Passing by unnoticed, naked on the beach


So now what? I'm not entirely sure. I'm listening.

This post is pretty brief because I don't really want to type (or rehash) my whole thought process associated with this piece. There are definitely times to "trust the silences" as Eric Whitacre says. The whole point is...I have brought this piece out of it's "locked drawer" and I'll know where to take it when I need to.

Sweet dreams,
Megan