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Today's cultural confusion came in the form of actually wearing jeans- I got the comment from Steve at dinner of "Maya, you wear jeans??"- it was pretty funny. So I guess the theme of this week has been nicely continuing. Or something. It's an interesting experience, just in my perception of self- I doubt anyone else notices much, at least from the people who know me, and I'll only know what the freshmen think next semester/year at the earliest, really. But it's interesting as an experiment, partially because it's sunk in somewhere semi-conscious because I wasn't thinking too hard this morning: certainly not trying for a new set of cultural signals (jeans and an IFD t-shirt). But I felt more low-key collegiate/teenage that way, in some weird way.
TOday's adventures also included a meeting with Rabbi Lehmann, scheduled right after minyan this morning. I'm likely doing gabbay things again for the high holy days, quite possibly doing Yom Kippur mincha torah reading, and possibly blowing shofar. I have Rabbi Lehmann's shofar here, have practiced with it a bit, need to do so some more tomorrow, and generally get a clue as to whether or not it's a possibility. I'd be both excited and a bit awed to do it: practicing this evening in Slosberg was weird: it's Hard to feel properly spiritual about something in one of those practice rooms. Tomorrow I may just find an outdoor spot somewhere and let the passers-by think what they will.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shirei_shibolim suggested standing behind the Louis Brandeis statue- that might be Really interesting. But I don't think I have those sorts of guts. At least not until I get significantly better at it. The pressure that builds up is so much significantly more than with trombone it's really strange for me, but it isn't seeming as hard as I thought it might be. I'm not holding a consistent pitch well though. But that's just working up my muscles, and hopefully that won't take too long if I work consistently. So- there's my sort of combination hope/intimidation for today.
I'm also in search of interesting music for HaMakor (the Israeli Dance performing group I'm in, and do some choreography for): so it needs to be in Hebrew, and I'm looking for stuff that might fit into themes of bowing, peace, Moshiach, Jerusalem, the future, wholeness/unity... It's to go with a song that Steve really wants to work with. Suggestions/help would be great, especially with tunes that aren't beaten over the head with a stick for the more usual of those themes. I'm collecting all sorts of options so I can then suggest them to the rest of HaMakor as it stands, so some of my issues with one of the pieces last year don't happen again (I picked a really neat piece with a really weird rhythm, and therefore the piece had issues).
TOday's adventures also included a meeting with Rabbi Lehmann, scheduled right after minyan this morning. I'm likely doing gabbay things again for the high holy days, quite possibly doing Yom Kippur mincha torah reading, and possibly blowing shofar. I have Rabbi Lehmann's shofar here, have practiced with it a bit, need to do so some more tomorrow, and generally get a clue as to whether or not it's a possibility. I'd be both excited and a bit awed to do it: practicing this evening in Slosberg was weird: it's Hard to feel properly spiritual about something in one of those practice rooms. Tomorrow I may just find an outdoor spot somewhere and let the passers-by think what they will.
shirei_shibolim suggested standing behind the Louis Brandeis statue- that might be Really interesting. But I don't think I have those sorts of guts. At least not until I get significantly better at it. The pressure that builds up is so much significantly more than with trombone it's really strange for me, but it isn't seeming as hard as I thought it might be. I'm not holding a consistent pitch well though. But that's just working up my muscles, and hopefully that won't take too long if I work consistently. So- there's my sort of combination hope/intimidation for today. I'm also in search of interesting music for HaMakor (the Israeli Dance performing group I'm in, and do some choreography for): so it needs to be in Hebrew, and I'm looking for stuff that might fit into themes of bowing, peace, Moshiach, Jerusalem, the future, wholeness/unity... It's to go with a song that Steve really wants to work with. Suggestions/help would be great, especially with tunes that aren't beaten over the head with a stick for the more usual of those themes. I'm collecting all sorts of options so I can then suggest them to the rest of HaMakor as it stands, so some of my issues with one of the pieces last year don't happen again (I picked a really neat piece with a really weird rhythm, and therefore the piece had issues).