actually, thats not why im blogging about it. although im sure there are plenty of easy and cheesy parallels that one could make between the two. but i really enjoyed the symphony. and not just because i was only there for 45 minutes, although that might have helped. but i think that i have finally reached an age where i actually do enjoy it. i dont LOVE it. its not my ideal night out or concert. nellie and i are going to a beck concert next monday (tickets are totally cheap btw - like $2o on stubhub) and i am way more excited about that show. but the symphony wasnt bad at all.
so as i was sitting amongst the cultured class and drinking my fine wine, i was thinking about why i was enjoying the music. i have always been somewhat familiar with classical music. my mom is a fantastic pianist and music was always a part of our home. we could only study to classical music growing up and during law school the only music i could listen to while studying was classical music, everything else was too distracting. but i never really loved classical music. and i still dont. its great in its time and place, just not my first choice. but i think i can finally appreciate it.
i think the older you get the more you can appreciate and understand how difficult it is to do certain things and seeing or hearing someone do one of those things well, is always entertaining to some degree. and i think that is what happened on saturday night. normally i enjoy classical music as a background to some other task or maybe if im trying to sleep, but never as a main event. but now, i understand how hard it is to be good at playing an instrument. there is so much time that is put into it. i cannot pick up one of those instruments and do what they are doing. it would take me years and years to get to where they are, and i still might fall short. and i think i may have realized or known that before or when i was younger, but i never really appreciated it. and the same idea goes for the whole symphony. just looking at everyone do their own part and then combining everything to create the great sound, is really remarkable. i realized before it wasnt easy, but i dont think i ever really appreciated how hard it was. its like a football game. if everyone doesnt do their individual parts, the plays dont work. if the linemen dont block and pick up the blitz, and if the wide receivers dont run their correct routes, and if the quarterback doesnt make a perfect throw to the sidelines, then the receiver cant catch the ball and score the winning touchdown with 1 second to go and beat the number 1 team in the nation. just amazing.
sorry, i didnt want to make the cheesy comparison, but that game was so good. in any event, the symphony was a good time. i dont know that ill be a season ticket holder any time soon, but i was glad we went. i just think that as you get older, you fail at things and you realize how hard something is, and also you succeed and become good at something and you realize how hard it was to get to the point where you are good at it (unless you are dave axelgard and youre the best at everything). but thats ok because it really helps us be able to appreciate so many things in life. i guess thats why we are supposed to share our talents. because some of us just have it, and others of us dont. and those of us that dont have it, sometimes like to hear what youve got. especially when its free and you are done sharing before we can get bored and stop appreciating your talent.
1 comment:
ha ha. Please, don't let me bore you! always a great read, Kent.
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