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Mr. Write's avatar

How interesting to end with Spring! I might, at this time, recommend Tchaikovsky's Seasons. Maybe that made you screech. I am not much for Romantic music either, but there are more piano notes in one minute of Tchaikovsky than the entire catalogue of Mozart, lol. Nonetheless, I saw where you said your dad likes this piece. I like to use logic as I navigate my way through life, and I logically concluded that your dad must be a man. I also logically assumed he is a grown man. As such, if he is a grown man and he liked this piece, then perhaps, as a grown man, I myself will like this piece. Forsooth! Keep writing!

kind regards,

Isabel Cowles Murphy's avatar

This is wonderful and I'm glad I saw a note about it today because somehow I missed it in my inbox. It's a brilliant way to write a year & beautifully done. Here for your stats, but mostly for your great art, actually.

Anna Schott's avatar

Ha ha, thanks Isabel. My friend will be jealous.

Rob Tourtelot's avatar

Stunning, and so moving, Anna. I really love these little poem-stories. So many lines really struck me. They're such evocative, visual, gorgeous mini-pieces, as different as the seasons themselves, the whole somehow becoming something even grander than just the sum of the parts.

Anna Schott's avatar

Thanks Rob, and I’m looking forward to reading your latest today!

Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

That was beautiful, Anna, thank you💕.

I love this:

“the fiery torch of Aragorn, held out against the wraiths.” Such a good visual.

Anna Schott's avatar

Ah, thanks Sheila! That's one of those lines I could never quite be sure about but also just couldn't let go!

Chris Gartland's avatar

Thank you for a well contemplated year. And the music is lovely.

Anna Schott's avatar

Thanks for reading, Chris

Ana Bosch's avatar

“To them I was a happily married person with my own house and my own business, full of wisdom and good advice. It almost felt true.“

sometimes I feel like when we are most “put together” we are most falling apart.

Anna Schott's avatar

So if I may reverse that... the (seeming) chaos that is my life means I'm doing fine.

Ana Bosch's avatar

If in the chaos you have your head on your shoulders then, yes?

Sandolore Sykes's avatar

Beautiful movement through the seasons and different homes…

Anna Schott's avatar

In a nutshell! Thanks

Sandolore Sykes's avatar

I really did love the simplicity of this structure--I found it really inspiring. Some simple theme and variation, how it connected all these disparate things. It really allowed me to sink into the imagery.

Anna Schott's avatar

It was a connecting of things I'd written over the years that I was never quite sure what to do with.

Sandolore Sykes's avatar

It’s a really liberating approach to fragments. Finding a frame and putting them together on the wall. The drawing is then in the negative space—in the connection between images!

Anna Schott's avatar

Yes! Almost feels like cheating.

Wendy Varley's avatar

Re-reading now I'm in a spot where I can listen to the music, Anna. Atmospheric.

K Sav's avatar

Gentle & reflective. I like.

T. D. Wolf's avatar

The Four Seasons. I half expected Vivaldi. Or Frankie Valli.

Susie Mawhinney's avatar

Me too but in hindsight… maybe too obvious for Anna’s bright light!