1. Sorrow is a legion of worn women with crepe skin and black shawls and brooms. The whispering of the straw scrapes the floor as they quietly shunt dust out the door, shake the crumbs from billowing tablecloths that churn and coil in the wind, held tight by gnarled fists. When they are finished with…
Today I decided to get serious about violin. As I do not have a teacher (yet), I casually Google-searched “bad violin technique” to build up a list of things to improve. However, I found this: http://www.creativitypost.com/arts/the_most_valuable_lesson_i_learned_from_playing_the_violin Written by a guy who played the violin since he was two, this article is chock full of information. Noa Kageyama…