The past couple weeks have been fairly rough regarding school work and papers, so I have had little time to read or practice, but my skill on the mandolin piece has not waned and has stayed at about the same level that I had left it before. I hope you were able to listen to the YouTube video posted on the last blog post to get a feel for the piece. If you would like to listen to the official recording, it is on Chris Thile's album entitled Stealing Second, which can be found on the Internet in various locations.
In the most recent chapter of Walden, Thoreau discusses the visitors that he has at his home on the pond. The way he describes himself is that he is a very introverted character, and when he is questioned about his hermit lifestyle by others wondering how he can live without the company of others nearby, he replies that in comparison to the scale of the cosmos and the distances between planets, he is already very close to other humans. Where I have recently left off, Thoreau is describing a Canadian lumberjack that he had met and his perfect simplicity, debating with himself as to whether it is the result of humble and uncanny intellect or just poor wits. There is a strange beauty to this character that Thoreau's superfluous descriptions seem to dance around, but I will get back to it later as I continue on.
Good night.
Very descriptive analysis of Thoreau's work. Sounds like you're making good progress.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you are making progress! keep up the good work. It is good that you are very detailed in your post
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