First rehearsal

[vaneramos]

Last night, first rehearsal after the concert, the Rainbow Chorus spent the entire two hours rehearsing the new piece, "Starlight"! Many people told me it was a beautiful song. Several told me they cried the first time they read the words.

One woman (one of those rare solidly-happy people whose temperament is always inspiring, never annoying) said the part about two pinpoints of fire described how she felt the first time she connected emotionally with another woman. It is wonderful to see good people relating that way with a deeply personal expression of my own.

Like the time I gave a public reading of "Bathhouse lovers", and a straight man came up to me afterward and said, "I've felt that."

That is why I love to write, and it makes all the effort—endlessly begging the universe for a scrap of coherent meaning—worthwhile.

Comments

[bellakara.livejournal.com]

Those are brilliant reactions to get from an audience. Well done.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Not actually from the audience but from the chorus! It is great to know the performers are getting so much meaning out of it, though! :-)

[artricia.livejournal.com]

That gave me goosebumps.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Made me feel all fuzzy. :)

Marvelous

[inishglora.livejournal.com]

I think I know what you're saying. It's like when a kindred spirit unexpectedly reveals themselves to you when a chance (?) remark brings you both to realize you instinctively understand the same thing or things.

Re: Marvelous

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I suppose a writer's cherished hope is that his words will find a mirror in the mind of readers.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

moments like that are wonderful!

Cheers!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

It's the kind that keep me going. :)
Cheers and peace.

[lupinebear.livejournal.com]

I cannot wait to hear Starlight!

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Aw, thanks. I look forward to having you in the audience.