This morning I had to sit in my car in the parking lot after my commute for a few minutes, just processing, absorbing a song that I’d just heard because it made me FEEL. Wiping tears away because I was able to actually hear something so musically brilliant that it moved me – something that hasn’t happened much in the last 15 years since my hearing loss. This recent hearing adventure has come from a rather unexpected place: the blues, specifically as played by Hugh Laurie. I love hearing again, because beauty of music like this heals me.
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Month: August 2017
All in a day’s work
Some days you go to work and it’s the same old same old. I’ve been doing the same thing in my career for 20 years. The technology changes, but it really is the same every day. At least I’ve always worked at places where what I was doing actually makes a difference in the world, so the monotony has meaning.
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