Music Exercise

Song: The River of Blood

Artist: Yu Zhou

As I sat with my eyes closed I allowed my mind to wander into visions influenced by the music. My visions started with me as an observer of this amazing musician playing the erhu. As I watched her play I could see that she had such artistry in her playing and living that she knew the air, the dust, the particles in space. This was a master of pure life and death, a master of the thread that connects us all or that connects this life together. Then two words came to me: seamless elegance. My vision continued into more but I want to digest this experience first and take my visions in segments. Those words, seamless elegance are so inspiring to me. To be able to move, perform, and live with seamless elegance. The true whole complete artistry. That woman playing the erhu, she was not an ordinary person. There was a magical quality that glimmered as the sound resonated from her instrument. It was so fascinating to see how she could connect everything. It was as if she could sense moisture in the air and how that would effect the sound. Her senses were beyond. There was this deeper connection to the entirety.