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Hymns to the Kite God

9 CommentsJune 3, 2009

When I was eleven I saw the film The Dark Crystal. My mother took me on a Friday during the Christmas holidays. I had looked forward to it for months. I saw it and loved it. The movie haunted my thoughts all the next day—the long-legged striders, the magic, the music. I went back two [...]

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The Variety of Perfections

4 CommentsMay 29, 2009

I turned on the radio just now and caught the tail end of Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 as performed by the Estonian National Orchestra. I don’t normally listen to classical music, but something about the sounds I heard kept me from changing the station. The last few chords of the piece sounded out—deep, rich, [...]

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