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Silence has found me
When snow begins to coat the ground, as it’s been doing this week in our neighbourhood, every noise is muffled, creating a new world of silence that is breath-taking in its unexpected minimalism. Every sound that you do hear feels intentional. Somehow the birds’ songs have become clearer and more distinct, have you noticed that?…
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You Gotta Be Good to Borrow
Good artists borrow; great artists steal. – Pablo Picasso (maybe) While I’ve been hearing this quote a lot lately, and it’s encouraging, I’m not sure it’s right. It’s way harder to borrow than to steal. In high school jazz band, we learned that in the language of jazz improvisation, borrowing elements from the great jazz…