le violin

the violin is an amazingly expressive instrument.

beautiful, brown, many voices.

like me.

tonight i shall practice for the second time. i shall draw the bow along its strings.
i shall carefully work my way through reading notes and matching them with my fingers placement along the fingerboard, all to an online metronome.

i must perform a ritual first. i must say goodbye to my fingernails.

they are so lovely right now. non-river season nails that just say "elegant woman" to me. one of the things i am confident about me. but they must go so i can finger the right notes.

after the ritualistic clipping, i shall offer them to the candle fire and then proceed with the D scale. (hopefully in tune this time.)

andiamo...largo.