I've performed in so many places that it's easy to forget people don't know me in my new home in Portland.
So...now I'm a platinum blonde, and my repertoire has increased mightily, and my Yamaha piano is still an amazing instrument that never goes out of tune!
But in the midst of this gratefulness, I have to put myself "out there" again.
It feels easier to make friends with an instrument instead of having to engage real people in real conversations. But that was the old shy me...or was it?
My commitment to being unshakable joy for all beings has never wavered, and its mode of expression continues to lie in a performance venue. But I really do want to connect with new people and bring new joy and forms of relatedness through music, and that means starting over in a new town and breaking into or even intruding into conversations, cliques, and stereotypes about how things are done around here anyway!
It's scary, but it wouldn't be worth it any other way. God bless all of you for a Happy New Year filled with dreams and goals and hopes and all good things!
So...now I'm a platinum blonde, and my repertoire has increased mightily, and my Yamaha piano is still an amazing instrument that never goes out of tune!
But in the midst of this gratefulness, I have to put myself "out there" again.
It feels easier to make friends with an instrument instead of having to engage real people in real conversations. But that was the old shy me...or was it?
My commitment to being unshakable joy for all beings has never wavered, and its mode of expression continues to lie in a performance venue. But I really do want to connect with new people and bring new joy and forms of relatedness through music, and that means starting over in a new town and breaking into or even intruding into conversations, cliques, and stereotypes about how things are done around here anyway!
It's scary, but it wouldn't be worth it any other way. God bless all of you for a Happy New Year filled with dreams and goals and hopes and all good things!
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