May 2021
He walked down the orchestra hall after getting his violin at the end of the day. I don't remember what his violin case looked like. He looked small and unassuming.
November 2021
I was in the hallway between the orchestra room and the auditorium, kneeling and unpacking my violin. He came bursting out of the orchestra room, and I looked up, and he looked down, and I looked horrible.
Music: An Appreciation
- Chromatic harmonies
Often found in romantic music, the use of chords containing tones not found in the prevailing major or minor scale, but included in the chromatic scale.
October 2021
At one of the first music therapy club meetings, the attendance sheet was being passed around. I sat behind him, and he twisted around to pass the sheet to me, and we made eye contact for a moment. His handwriting looked like a font.
milli
- Spring Wind
You met the girl under full bloomed cherry blossoms, and your fate has begun to change. Your friends are here. Time to go down the well worn path from monotone to colorful. Follow the spring wind down to either devastating or wonderful.
milli
- Spring Wind
Tears well in her eyes, tears roll down her face. I must have blown too hard, she laughs, if that's the case. The kids join in, making music and fun. How picturesque, you think, and your flip phone snaps one.
milli
- Spring Wind
Atop the dome, there she stands. There she skips. There her hands flutter over the keys, spring wind tickling her hair. The kids cheer for her, but she sees you there.
milli
Down the well worn path from monotone to colorful, walk your way down to either devastating or wonderful. The sweetest melody to rouse each and every bird. In no corner of the park was her melody unheard.
milli
A breeze in the air, some cloth in your hand. Pink petals drifting to the sound of her band. The sound of love strikes just like your friend said, so you search for the love that rings in your head.
Miracle Musical
- Stranded Lullaby
There's a still tension in the swell of dreamt debris afloat amidst the waves, and then dispel. Aimless thoughts and papers blown around. A million moments meant remembered rest in deep dark sound.
Your Lie in April
- Kaori Miyazono
By exchanging notes... your souls were connected and your hearts overlapping. It's a conversation through instruments. A miracle that creates harmony. At that moment, music transcends words.
Satoru
- Gojo
Hey there. It's been a while, huh? I'm for real real. I'm still alive and kicking! Exactly. When you stabbed me through the throat, I gave up on counterattacking and poured all of my focus into the reversed cursed technique. Cursed energy is negative energy. While it can enhance the body, it can't regenerate it. So, you multiply that negative energy against itself to create positive energy. That's the reversed cursed technique! Easier said than done! I could never do that till now!
Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
- The Iliad
Goddess, sing of the cataclysmic wrath of great Achilles, son of Peleus, which caused the Greeks immeasurable pain and sent so many noble souls of heroes to Hades.
Ai Yazawa
- Hey Nana
Hey Nana, the midsummer flowers are blooming along the Tama River again this year. We're all waiting for you in apartment 707. I had matching yukata made for us too.
Marie Lu
- Stars and Smoke
Let yourself think bravely, Winter Young. You may presume that you belong in the spotlight and I operate in a secret world, but perhaps we exist in the same place.
