Sails

I have not shared on here for a couple of weeks, so here is an interesting rendition of Debussy's Prelude, Voiles, transcribed for violin and piano and performed by Grigory Feygin:


http://youtu.be/dWtKlnktFNY

Debussy's use of whole tone and pentatonic scales gives this piece a unique and evocative sense of space. Voiles is French for "sails." The original piano work is number two from Debussy's first book of Preludes, 1909–1910.

Throwback Thursday: Playing with the band!

This was a fun experience. I've since played with a couple of other bands, in addition to some singing.

http://youtu.be/U2_MJ0KAqg4

Billy Collins TED Talk: When Does Creativity Start and End?

This blog is less like a blog the more busy I get. So here is a new post, not a poem by me but a cool little TED talk by former U.S. Poet Laureate Bill Collins:

When Does Creativity Start and End?

http://www.npr.org/2012/06/01/153699514/when-does-creativity-start-and-end

I appreciate that question, by the way, and the sentiment that poetry is harder than writing.