Just another afternoon at the Esplanade.
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Esplanade Tunnel Exhibit.
Abode of Dignity
Sometimes I like the spaces more than the exhibit itself.
Tenderness
It was not the dazzling show of virtuosity, or the lightning-speed passages which captivated my physically tired self on a Friday evening.
It was the second movement of Mendelssohn’s First Piano Concerto which had me feeling most moved, most emotionally engaged, and most present.
It was when I heard and saw the notes from the piano emerge – featherlight tones, their sound ringing out to reach the deepest recesses of the concert hall. They carried with them emotion, multitudes of subtlety within their frequencies. And I felt my inner world move with them, sighing with them, feeling more anchored with them than with the booming bass and dazzling melodies of the opening movement.
And I found myself thinking about how rare it has become for our world to appreciate and embrace such tenderness. Which is probably why we need music (and art) like that to remind us. To remind us of the beauty and necessity of tenderness.
What can we do to cherish more of such tenderness?
What can we do so that being soft-spoken and non-assertive are not seen as negative, weak traits, but part of a larger, beautiful and accepted self?
Perhaps, as with most changes we want to see, it’d have to begin with ourselves.
Pink Friday
Bolak Balik
“By slipping in and out of different types of clothing, we also slip in and out of different lives and different identities.”
Before The Play
The Genius of Crowd
Esplanade, Jendela Gallery. Always a good place to go when I take myself out.
Be Kind To Yourself
And being kind could mean carving out that bit of quiet and solitude, that time to walk at a slower pace, that ability to explore in some degree of aimlessness… Especially when you know you need it.
Theatre State
An installation art piece at the Jendela Gallery, Esplanade.
Along Life's Path 