The importance of being passionate

July 3rd, 2009

I see a lot of people who stumble through life not feeling particularly strongly about their job and career.  For myself, this comes after I feel I’ve been burned - and don’t want to emotionally invest myself in something where I might get injured again.

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You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies

July 1st, 2009

Something light and interesting today!  My wife and I went to the Phoenix Art Museum this afternoon, and there were some fascinating pieces.

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Oh, how amazing!

June 28th, 2009

The Colloquium came to a magnificent and emotional close today with a Mass of almost two hours.  Everybody sang, and it was truly wonderful.

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What an unexpected and delightful turn!

June 27th, 2009

The Colloquium is drawing to a close - tomorrow we have the final Mass and a concluding brunch.  We’re getting to the bottom of our inch-thick music packet, and people are giving their heartfelt thanks for such a wonderful and spiritually filling experience.

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This is going to be unbelievable

June 26th, 2009

Oh man, this going to be a treat.

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Learning in a different way

June 26th, 2009

I just got done hiking back from the north end of the campus where we had today’s Gregorian Chant rehearsal.  Last year I was in Wilko Brouwer’s polyphony choir group and was incredibly impressed with his teaching style.

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The angels rejoice

June 25th, 2009

Not to leave you in suspense about what happened to our polyphony choir which sang the music for the Holy Hour Service this afternoon.  If you remember, I talked about it yesterday.

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Another tiny spark on the job front!

June 25th, 2009

Oddly enough, I got a call back about a L&D job that I applied for recently.  Read the rest of this entry »

Time in Purgatory

June 24th, 2009

Today was a most challenging practice.  Here’s the setup:

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Sing. Pray. Repeat.

June 23rd, 2009

The music.  Ah, the wonderful music.

Here’s how the Colloquium runs:  Prayer.  Eat.  Music. Mass. Eat. Music. Music. Eat. Learning. Music. Prayer.  Fall into a heap and do it all again tomorrow.

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