Hm, I wanted to change the subject for a little bit... so much political debate going on... oh I know we have to DEAL with it, think our ways through it, talk it over till we understand what we ourselves think about it all... but we are musicians, no?

So friends, what goes on in the heart of a musician? Say for instance when you try to play music this week, after the Events of 9/11... Any comfort there, any help expressing what doesn't have words?

Me, it came out in a wordlessly sung, almost hummed tune, just now, a sighing in melody. Guess it's all the spirituals I listened to this morning, a sighing while one toils away... like a field hand.

So tell me, friends, what do you know about the heart of a musician?

~Susan