tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post4142108360807510786..comments2024-01-19T19:53:04.386+00:00Comments on CDoart: Why I Stopped Playing my ViolinCDoarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-15036155215678172312011-06-25T00:57:09.730+01:002011-06-25T00:57:09.730+01:00@rafrenzy
I get home again this weekend, Frenzy, a...@rafrenzy<br />I get home again this weekend, Frenzy, and will care for my violin again. I think she still is a bit sniffled and haughty with me and lets me work a bit harder to get into her favour again. But that is just right. She is a lady and knows what adoration she deserves.CDoarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-8852630628968240872011-06-23T20:39:14.705+01:002011-06-23T20:39:14.705+01:00I can picture your violin 'smiling.' Hope...I can picture your violin 'smiling.' Hope you're still enjoying it. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-32866250987830745442011-06-13T20:43:23.362+01:002011-06-13T20:43:23.362+01:00@dark-jackal32
Thank you very much for commenting ...@dark-jackal32<br />Thank you very much for commenting here and for giving me such sweet encouragement.<br />Your poem is beautiful and I think you absolutely got the attraction of a violin or cello right. The sensual feeling of the instrument becoming alife in your hands and needing your stroke and touch is beautifully written.<br />I cared for my violin this weekend and need to replace more strings as I did not have one I needed at home, before I can play again. But I had the impression, the instrument was dumb and without shine at first and through my touch started to feel appreciated again and started 'smiling'.<br />More than by playing piano the strings transmit every slight emotion. Even with piano I always had difficulties listening to felow performers, as I had the impression to feel their fear through their playing.CDoarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-19907585429258172092011-06-13T04:22:27.355+01:002011-06-13T04:22:27.355+01:00Hi CDoart,
I can understand your feelings on havin...Hi CDoart,<br />I can understand your feelings on having something so meaningful violated by ignorant people, and then being distracted by it and forgetting what made the object so important. I hate when things are not perfect. It is like a work of art that some fool has "improved" upon by reworking it. It is not what the artist intended, even though future viewers may never realize anything is wrong with it. You are not wrong to feel that way, but you have dwelt on it long enough, and cannot let it eclipse the real reason the object has such meaning. Its meaning lies partly in its history, and history is nothing if not for people. As long as you are there to tell its story, then it is more valuable than a perfect violin from that same well known maker. It represents your father's love for playing, and his love for you. The rest becomes unimportant!<br /><br />With this passion for particular instruments, you might want to check out a poem I wrote about cello playing inspired by Richard's latest message. It can be found on my LJ page here:<br /><br />http://dark-jackal32.livejournal.com/11009.html<br /><br />Take care, and play with love!<br />-DJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-44438775356266334212011-06-11T20:38:45.949+01:002011-06-11T20:38:45.949+01:00@calexora
Thank you very much for your encourageme...@calexora<br />Thank you very much for your encouragement, calexora. I am at home and currently am caring for the violin and replacing some of the strings. I am not sure if I can make it to real playing this time at home.<br />But it is such a joy to go back to it and the resolution alone is very helpful to overcome those old bad feelings. Thank you for helping me on my way !!!CDoarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-75219517038510797762011-06-10T22:48:08.664+01:002011-06-10T22:48:08.664+01:00I can understand that you were hurt by your teache...I can understand that you were hurt by your teacher's dishonesty and disrespect and this stranger's actions. It must have tarnished your trust in this teacher for sure. But I agree with bccmee and traxy - the best way to honour your father and yourself really is to continue to play something you love and forgive those that hurt you. Otherwise, they have a much bigger impact on your life than they should. Music is a gift and if you love it, I say return to it and put this 'nightmare' behind you. And I'm sure you are being modest just like Richard was and that your playing is beautiful. What better weekend to return to your violin than Pfingsten? :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-56123949855228570732011-06-10T11:30:44.673+01:002011-06-10T11:30:44.673+01:00@Traxy
Thank you Traxy, for your emphathy!!!
I am ...@Traxy<br />Thank you Traxy, for your emphathy!!!<br />I am so sorry for the house of your grandmother. My father tells me the same with the house of my grandparents they had built with their own hands and had to leave after the war. He says it bodily hurts him to see the changes, the new owners made. <br />I feel with you and thank you for consoling me!!!CDoarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-17080503698558897912011-06-10T11:21:05.994+01:002011-06-10T11:21:05.994+01:00@bccmee
You are so very sweet, bccmee!!!
And you a...@bccmee<br />You are so very sweet, bccmee!!!<br />And you are absolutely right that I should pick up the violin again and overcome my bad emotions to find back to the pleasant feelings. I think it is, why the nightmares are coming back and what they really want to tell me.<br />Perhaps that is also the reason why RA is in them. He plays after years again and that should I.<br />I will go home over the weekend and will try to play the violin again. (I think the cats living near our home will not be overly pleased, not to mention our neighbours ;o)CDoarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768482276143704993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-8206392716557498872011-06-10T11:00:01.087+01:002011-06-10T11:00:01.087+01:00I agree with bccmee and your father, but at the sa...I agree with bccmee and your father, but at the same time, I deeply empathise with you. (Also, why fix something that isn't broken?) I would have felt the same way, just knowing how I feel about the changes the people who bought my grandmother's house have made to it. It hurts every time.Traxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249884092846934427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002438504617561405.post-55813301175723818012011-06-10T05:01:05.891+01:002011-06-10T05:01:05.891+01:00I have to say that your father is right. Although...I have to say that your father is right. Although it was very tragically wrong what the violin suffered, it is only an object and you can remember that the seal was once there. We all suffer loss in one way or another and this is one of yours but hopefully the pleasant part of your dreams can help you realize that. :) I vote that you pick up your violin again and start playing to wash out the bad memories.bccmeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549577176138160033noreply@blogger.com