How to interpret eight fortes? I think maybe I should hurl my whole body at the piano as violently as possible and hope for the best. They would find my bloody corpse weeks later amid the moldy coffee cups, odiferous testament to my devotion to the composer’s intent. How would eight be different from seven? Both must be so searingly loud as to be painful, a distinction between degrees of agony: if seven fortes is like being disemboweled by a wolf, then eight is like being disemboweled by a bear.
Jeremy Denk, on Ligeti’s instructions to play eight fortes in Automne a Varsovie. (via nprfreshair)
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Source: NPR
I’ve found the best birthday present for kimmyspetals. She’ll just need to pick the alcohol, and plan on me visiting her for a weekend.
Source: 55his.com
- me: All scientists are hipsters, that's why they wear glasses.
- husband: No.
- me: "I stopped working on electromagnetic induction. It was too current."
- husband: No.
- me: "I used to have a passion for oceanography but I got sick of talking about the mainstream."
- husband: No!
- me: "Of course I'm not a mathematician. Calculus-based models of the universe are SO derivative."
- husband: ...
- me: "I'm an expert on geothermal vents--"
- husband: Oh my God.
- me: "--They're probably too deep for you."
Source: pyrrhiccomedy
Look who we found in our back yard. I have no idea how he got there. It’s a long trek for a little guy like that to get there from the nearest water.
I’m realistic and I know me as a person - I don’t have that much going for me, not really. Not all educated and smart or anything, and not gorgeous, not like some girls - but I like what I’ve got and I’m gonna protect that.
Reasons To Be Pretty (via fuckyeahgreatplays)
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