"How can a critic tell me what Tchaikovsky had in mind when that critic has never met Tchaikovsky? How can anyone know how Rachmaninoff intended a piece to be played? We are all interpreting a text. There are no literal instructions, for example, how hard to press the keys or how emotionally or unemotionally to employ rubato. Playing music is not rocket science. It is poetry, romance. Musically, how do you convey longing? Anger? Fear? Jubilation? Confusion? Clarity? You look at the text, you look inside yourself, and you come up with an interpretation. Yes, that interpretation is born out of something that has been written by someone you dont know; but your interpretation must be the genuine manifestation of something you do know: human emotion."
i find this para so cool >u< I just finished reading "Journey of a Thousand Miles", by the star pianist, Lang Lang. It's his autobiography ^^. he wrote it so.. well.. easily and ... honestly and.. it was a very nice book '_' he said a lot of interesting things that one in the world of art should know ^^ i really liked it >u< please read it ^^
he learns that art and music are meant to reach and touch the hearts of people- not to impress judges; and.. lots of other stuff ^^" i mean, through his experiances, he tells you how he learnt these things. im very bad at explaining, sorry ^^"
take a look O_O [link]

no other news really~ i had a nice weekend with han ^^
this weekends hallowe'en yay~! han, shachan and i are having a little thingy on saturday
also! i stopped biting my nails ^_^V