So i’ve spent the last month and a half memorizing John...

So i’ve spent the last month and a half memorizing John Cage’s Cheap Imitation. It has felt almost like a spiritual practice, including requisite moments of enlightenment, doubt, and total frustration. But I’ve taken the score with me everywhere (*everywhere*) and it has felt, ultimately, really good. The first time i *might* even play the piece publicly is this spring in LA, and this is step one of a million other steps, and i’m embarrassed to even post this, but i I guess i wanted to share that i did sort of ‘get it,’ and that’s a miracle i wasn’t sure was possible in August. We all have these lovely little miracles, right? And even though the world is completely insane, and sometimes everything feels pretty hopeless, I’m still very grateful to live and work in a community of artists, and I want to know your miracles too. In a way, I miss my friends and resent this chapter of history for hijacking our minds and our communication. Anyway, it’s a great piece. I hope to play it for you sometime.