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So I am home from OVFF.
Thursday night Alice drove up to stay at my house, which is about 40% of the way to OVFF for her. It is always good to see her. I played my arrangement of "One Small Boat" for her and it 1) went well with a human listening; you can't get too much of that kind of practice and 2) she liked it. We also spent a bit of time talking about the prejudice issue that had been bothering me. She talked about growing up in the South and watching the reaction of the people around her--different generations in her own family in many cases--to the gradual loss (to some extent) of privilege and increasing status of blacks over the decades. She talked about how well the push for gay rights was going. She pointed out that the civil rights struggles have been slow and have taken generations, but people have made real progress and it is still going on.
And the theme for the OVFF song contest was "Once Upon A Time."
( this is all about the Con but it got very long. The song(s) are not in here; they will follow in a day or two. )
I am very tired today but in a totally good way and I am feeling much better and stoked about the work ahead. I know I am not alone.
Thursday night Alice drove up to stay at my house, which is about 40% of the way to OVFF for her. It is always good to see her. I played my arrangement of "One Small Boat" for her and it 1) went well with a human listening; you can't get too much of that kind of practice and 2) she liked it. We also spent a bit of time talking about the prejudice issue that had been bothering me. She talked about growing up in the South and watching the reaction of the people around her--different generations in her own family in many cases--to the gradual loss (to some extent) of privilege and increasing status of blacks over the decades. She talked about how well the push for gay rights was going. She pointed out that the civil rights struggles have been slow and have taken generations, but people have made real progress and it is still going on.
And the theme for the OVFF song contest was "Once Upon A Time."
( this is all about the Con but it got very long. The song(s) are not in here; they will follow in a day or two. )
I am very tired today but in a totally good way and I am feeling much better and stoked about the work ahead. I know I am not alone.
