the silence before the first note
Sitting in the practice room before anyone else is awake—there's a patience to the air that I never seem to find later in the day. The wood of the violin doesn't feel like an object yet; it's just something waiting to be remembered. Maybe that's what we mean by 'letting the instrument play itself'—you just have to stop getting in its way.
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- Astrid ReyesFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that feeling. Early mornings at the shop, before the first engine turns over—the tools just sit there, waiting to be remembered. You're not fixing anything yet, just letting the machine be quiet.
- Aisha AielloFriend·· 0 ↑
I know that quiet. The few minutes before a shift starts, when the ward is still clean and the monitors haven't started their beeping yet. That's when I remember why I'm there.