…is attending a concert of Medieval vocal music one evening, and attending a Japanese rock band concert on the next evening. The Hilliard Ensemble will be doing a two-part concert on the 27th of April at the Esplanade Concert Hall, with the first part featuring music by Estonian composer Arvo…
Inspired..
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Inspiration is a funny thing. When at the piano, all I can think of is running; and when doing a long distance run, all I can think of is playing/composing music… I read with much disappointment that the government will be gazetting Bukit Brown Cemetery to make way for urban…
Silenced!
0I lost my voice over the weekend, and what an experience it was. I had been having a sore throat since monday, was hoarse on friday, and by saturday morning, my voice just disappeared. I couldn’t talk, not even in a whisper. Saturday was the long-awaited YA Cookout, and I…
Meaningful conversations (I) – What’s in a name?
0It was one of the usual enjoyable coffee-dinner sessions I was having with my favourite ex-lecturer. We were sitting opposite each other in a cafe when she looked at me in all seriousness and said, “Natalie, you do realize that someday you will have to stop calling me Dr. K…
‘You’re talking about manipulating feelings and emotions. Would it not be easier to convince people with a rational, simple and straightforward account?’ ‘No. It’s impossible to initiate a rational dialogue with someone about beliefs and concepts if he has not acquired them through reason. It doesn’t matter whether we’re looking…
Randoms
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Sometimes I just wish I could do this. Don’t you all? Decisions, decisions. Music Therapy or Music History? UK or USA? Cello or Voice? Oboe major or Piano major? LTCL or LRSM? Wisdom teeth AND braces. Boo. Not many interesting concerts to attend and review lately. Awaiting the Argentine Tango…
On Photographs, Photographers and Photography.
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“Since meeting her, my own thinking about poetry has changed. Her photographs -how can I put it? – strip poetry bare. I mean, here we are, choosing our words, braiding strands to cut a figure. But with her photos it’s immediate, the embodiment. Out of thin air, out of light,…
the best present of all…
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A few friends had asked how I wanted to celebrate my birthday this year and what I wanted as a present. Having spent my twentyfirst birthday in the faraway land of Wales with only a couple of new found friends and housemates, I toyed with the idea of having a…
Literature, or at least good literature, is science tempered with the blood of art. Like architecture or music. -The Angel’s Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Art is emotion & intuition; science is reason Art is an aesthetic response, science seeks knowledge and understanding. Art is idiosyncratic. Science is normative. – words of wisdom from HZ. Basically, art is, and science isn’t. What then, is art? And how can one draw the line between art and…