Every performance is an installation, every painting a performance. All poems are music, and every sculpture is a dance. Crayons and brushes are pencil and paper, or computer keyboard, or violin and bow, or space to fill-up on stage in a theater. A pianist is a singer, is a dancer, a maker of line drawings, a teller of tales, a weaver. The designs and stories are new and old. The spinning has never been done before, never … [Read more...]
How many?
In an interview recently, I was asked the obvious question: "How many concerts have you played?" And I answered truthfully: "I don't know." I've thought about it before, even wishing I had kept track better. I might calculate the number by studying my old calendars and printed programs. (Could I have notched the leg of a piano bench?) It's got to be hundreds. As I was speculating about this, I asked another question: "For the purpose of this … [Read more...]