tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post3286396173098150438..comments2024-03-24T11:00:49.738-05:00Comments on Live Your Poem...: Facing the Music with Karen EastlundIrene Lathamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905936104127707762noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-90880751935422765262018-03-01T22:13:41.275-06:002018-03-01T22:13:41.275-06:00I would guess the duet with kids is like riding a ...I would guess the duet with kids is like riding a trail with my babies, grown now but still my babies. <br />I agree that these blog post makes everyone real... not just a namePatricia J. Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044354515656710902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-4837034984329545442018-03-01T21:09:53.702-06:002018-03-01T21:09:53.702-06:00Karen, I was inspired by your post and especially ...Karen, I was inspired by your post and especially this line, "We all have seasons in our spiritual lives, and those seasons vary in tone." That statement is so true. I am especially pleased that I am in a season of self-caring to remain healthy. Irene, your 2nd paragraph is so reflective and you provide such insight into who you are. Learning how to let yourself be human-what an amazing thought. Thanks for both of you sharing your thoughts with all of us.Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-19846481705392652352018-03-01T17:10:08.582-06:002018-03-01T17:10:08.582-06:00Thank you, Karen and Irene! I was at an event rec...Thank you, Karen and Irene! I was at an event recently where students led worship, instead of the processed videos we often use. Even though their singing was less polished than the videos, it moved me SO much more because it was present and real and human. I bet the same is true of your music!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-15174095871655379442018-03-01T16:18:28.002-06:002018-03-01T16:18:28.002-06:00Karen, what a lovely post. I so appreciate hearing...Karen, what a lovely post. I so appreciate hearing the sadness during this season. I've been working my way through a lent devotional with paintings, music, poetry and devotional thoughts. It's a good thing to look at our humanity, the many ways we fall short of making music, and yet to understand that the presence of Christ within is such a magnificent piece of music that we have the incredible invitation to participate in, to be part of the symphony. As C.S. Lewis says, to join in the great dance. <br /><br />I love the poem you shared, Irene. So beautifully expressed by this young woman. And I love that you are making music on your cello. <br /><br />Thanks to you both. <br />Dorainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421672075192660319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-38954410592041457952018-03-01T15:36:23.889-06:002018-03-01T15:36:23.889-06:00Hania's poem! Wow.Hania's poem! Wow. Karen Eastlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778112838401454642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-86723714133841740482018-03-01T12:09:09.784-06:002018-03-01T12:09:09.784-06:00Thank you Karen and Irene for sharing. Karen's...Thank you Karen and Irene for sharing. Karen's words --"I need to hear the sadness. I need to feel the lows as well as the highs. I need to grapple with the truth about my life"-- spoke to me. Music definitely helps me do this. Hania's poem is powerful. Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-49027176905512911182018-03-01T09:23:36.182-06:002018-03-01T09:23:36.182-06:00Thank you Karen & Irene for this wonderful pos...Thank you Karen & Irene for this wonderful post. I connect deeply to so many of your comments, and this topic feels like the perfect launch for me into my first SOL March challenge (honestly, I'm shaking in my boots, needing far more confidence that I will make it to March 31)<br /><br />Karen, keep practicing! As I always told my piano students, "Practice does not make perfect; practice makes permanent"<br /><br />Irene, thank you for sharing Hania's poem. That sweet girl has the wisdom of someone far beyond her years.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614784478517920789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-647442521160580422018-03-01T09:11:30.020-06:002018-03-01T09:11:30.020-06:00Oh, I love this peek into your lives as musicians....Oh, I love this peek into your lives as musicians. It makes me think that it may be time for me to settle down for some serious work with the autoharp my husband bought me for Christmas. I'll add my link tomorrow since it will also be my slice of life for tomorrow and I am in the middle of a month of writing. Looking forward to reading the musical posts that will be shared.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929914252480696798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-29928834601813543062018-03-01T08:07:42.993-06:002018-03-01T08:07:42.993-06:00Thank you Karen & Irene! I love these reflecti...Thank you Karen & Irene! I love these reflections on music. I took piano lessons for years as a kid and have experienced the magic of moving from just playing to making music. I laud you, Karen and Donna, for learning an instrument in later years, and you, Irene, for keeping it up! <br /><br />And isn't Hania's poem a perfect companion to the book you wrote with Charles, Irene! Just lovely. (I think she too has experienced music flowing through her.) <br />Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-81746999814611321172018-03-01T08:02:22.636-06:002018-03-01T08:02:22.636-06:00Karen's post & what you've shared, Ire...Karen's post & what you've shared, Irene, fit like a melody. I love how her grandkids made music with her. Lovely whether there were *mistakes*or not. And Hania from East Grand Rapids M.S. Wow. This brilliant student channels, in this exquisite poem "Ebony and Ivory" by Stevie Wonder & Paul McCartney. And also the duet of your & Charles Waters' poems in CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR? Gives me choral chills. Appreciations for this piano-rich, soul-rich, cello-rich post.jan godown anninohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091996699597066230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5375684657483536810.post-7011666606145495442018-03-01T05:58:07.173-06:002018-03-01T05:58:07.173-06:00When I grew up, I finally took piano lessons, too!...When I grew up, I finally took piano lessons, too! I never did "make music" with a piano. And your playing a duet with the kiddos, made me remember my recital...with all the little kids playing up a storm...and me. I was probably comic relief.Donna Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13738281869266957726noreply@blogger.com