Apr 30 2009
It’s been a crazy and exhausting week for me, for assorted reasons. Chaotic-feeling internally, even if that is probably an over-the-top adjective to use externally.
One thing that helps bring order to my spirit is music. So it was hard to imagine anything better than ending a day with Ethan falling asleep while cuddled with Mom, while Imogen Heap streamed a live, improvised piano performance — the perfect background music.
Thank you, Imogen.
Mar 20 2009
It’s about 1:30 in the morning now, and everyone is at last in bed. Like many evenings, this one went on longer than we originally planned. Sometimes, those are the nights I fret that the day never seems to come to an end. But for tonight anyway, not so much fret (although I did fall asleep earlier on the floor watching Barack Obama on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno).
My nerves were having one of those phases where I feel jumpy for no logical reason. It kind of felt like there was someone inside poking me with a live electrical wire. It’s not pleasant. Similarly as it turned out, Imogen Heap was having a struggle of her own with "Tidal", a song from her forthcoming 2009 album.
What followed was a lot of fun. Imogen posted snippets of five progressive revisions to the song and there, of course, was a lot of feedback from people on which version(s) they preferred. I was part of that chorus, as was Mim.
By the end, I think, Imogen felt better for the conversation and bouncing the song’s iterations off of the community’s ears. I felt better for having been part of the community and the experience; almost a sense, for a short time, of peace. So it was a lovely win-win.
And that is another reason why I enjoy Twitter. One of these nights, I’ll compile the whole list to date of reasons. But for now, good night.
