tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post3757033272897598558..comments2023-09-19T07:18:43.566-07:00Comments on mental tesserae: choirs, heavenly and earthlyJulie Q.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13737557893649934725noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-16949757501337671232007-07-18T11:45:00.000-07:002007-07-18T11:45:00.000-07:00Hilarious post. Love the painting theories--AND th...Hilarious post. Love the painting theories--AND the quirky crack about being Mental Tesserae. <BR/><BR/>My theory for the work of art, is that it really IS all the same person going through the motions. That would be singing motions, not the kind inspired by Ethan :-)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18112453678556775060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-83088441734291617642007-07-15T21:05:00.000-07:002007-07-15T21:05:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for this reflective post. It st...Thank you so much for this reflective post. It stirred fond choir memories, and made me want to sing some more! You are so eloquent!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-91667726087436360412007-07-15T15:18:00.000-07:002007-07-15T15:18:00.000-07:00You do such a great job getting me thinking about ...You do such a great job getting me thinking about art...looking at it closely and considering various elements and possible explanations. <BR/><BR/>Your choir experience seems like one of those turns in life that set you on a path that provided unexpected gifts of all kinds--friends, music, beauty, memories, laughter, joy.<BR/><BR/>This was a wonderful glimpse into your history--another tile of the rich mosaic you offer of yourself here at Mental Tesserae.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-6067013720236802692007-07-14T22:13:00.000-07:002007-07-14T22:13:00.000-07:00One of my pervasive nightmares involves me standin...One of my pervasive nightmares involves me standing in front of a group and performing a solo. That's why I took piano lessons all those years--to have an instrument to hide behind.<BR/><BR/>And those faces? Not only unattractive, very similar. Why are they all the same? VanEyk was so talented surely he could have painted features with some variety? Or am I missing something?Scribbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178711182424809035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-60427735893518803622007-07-14T14:07:00.000-07:002007-07-14T14:07:00.000-07:00What a surge of HS choir memories this brought up-...What a surge of HS choir memories this brought up--it sounds so much like my senior year. Love the reference to Hamburger World (I loved that place!). For my group of choir friends, it was Training Table after every choir permformance--and always cheese fries and lemonade, often with one of our drama friends ordering in one of her spot-on accents. (My favorite: Russian.) Oh, if only we still had the metabolisms we had then . . .Annette Lyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-64906547718464810592007-07-13T08:47:00.000-07:002007-07-13T08:47:00.000-07:00Oh, I know what you mean by this post. I have suc...Oh, I know what you mean by this post. I have such fond memories from choir (and my friends), though I'm sure there were a great many better singers in it. But there's something about singing that makes me feel <I>alive</I>.<BR/><BR/>Imagine my surprise when I, who had sang 1st and 2nd alto throughout HS, went to college as a music major and was told I was a 1st soprano. Now there's a range...<BR/><BR/>I know fake it til you make it very well, as well as mouthing "watermelon" where needed.<BR/><BR/>Glad you went. Those good memories are still going strong for you.Shaleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02364055849106684154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-67627094185441283832007-07-13T08:04:00.000-07:002007-07-13T08:04:00.000-07:00This seems an appropriate time to make you an offi...This seems an appropriate time to make you an official Rockin' Girl; I gave you the award today on my blog.Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-30243219230525701102007-07-11T22:53:00.000-07:002007-07-11T22:53:00.000-07:00Taking voice lessons is still something on my to d...Taking voice lessons is still something on my to do list. I enjoy singing in choirs, but I, too, don't have that solo voice.<BR/><BR/>What fun memories! Thanks for sharing them. Playing high school volleyball is what brings back lots of amazing memories for me.An Ordinary Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497066145696617241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-67259042943581029042007-07-11T08:17:00.000-07:002007-07-11T08:17:00.000-07:00So lovely. I was also an alto in high school choi...So lovely. <BR/><BR/>I was also an alto in high school choir. My most vivid memory is of our long, yellow Gunne Sax choir dresses. <BR/><BR/>But I suppose you are too young for that image to resonate.Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-89011935274210020712007-07-10T07:02:00.000-07:002007-07-10T07:02:00.000-07:00I love singing. Choir is so much fun. Un fortuna...I love singing. Choir is so much fun. Un fortunately, in high school, I opted out of choir and went for orchestra instead. Oh wait, I can't really use the word unfortunately there because I had the time of my life in orchestra. (I was concert master, after all.) I've never really regretted that decision, but I do love to sing. Go girl!Dedeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427448872354082792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-8657824257151780832007-07-09T21:25:00.000-07:002007-07-09T21:25:00.000-07:00My oldest spent two years floundering in high scho...My oldest spent two years floundering in high school because he didn't have a niche. Or any real solid friends. He won both lotteries too when he made chamber singers for his junior year. It has changed his life in such a significant way I almost can't talk about it. So your post really resonated with me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-90108992075441214602007-07-09T19:21:00.000-07:002007-07-09T19:21:00.000-07:00I don't have a solo voice either. I like to say I...I don't have a solo voice either. I like to say I have a choir voice. I can blend, and I can help support a part (preferably alto), but I can't sing a solo to save my life (well...to save my life, but no one else would like it much).Heffalumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166154112206680302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34687963.post-54987444693749747822007-07-09T18:20:00.000-07:002007-07-09T18:20:00.000-07:00It was the salmon mousse!It was the salmon mousse!Beahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15957626443087438904noreply@blogger.com