The AH Coffee Shop and Reading Room 09

[iwatchus]

I am happy with my classes so far this week. Yesterday I had a student complain that the classes were too short, he wanted to keep talking about the topics in the class. Toda, I had a handful of notable ephinaies from students (an intermediate level programming class).

And now I notice that my avatar I submitted last week (week ebfore?) got approved. Although the picture is too dark in the small size to work well. I had gotten tired of having just nothing in the forum for the last few months. It was okay when they displayed my green circle.

 

[Statius]

My writing isn't always intended to provoke emotional reactions. I'm drafting a letter about administrative definitions of "significant effect," and I don't expect anyone to get emotional over it.

As far as fiction is concerned, I don't think that an emotional reaction is a sufficient standard for calling something art. There are concepts and descriptions that trigger fundamental reactions; arousal, sympathy, hatred, etc. We know what they are, and writing to trigger the predictable reaction is more like engineering than art.

Fiction becomes art when it invokes reactions that aren't automatic or predictable. It's art when it changes the way people think, or what they think about.

I know this is a higher standard for art than writers here usually want. We mostly want to think of ourselves as artists, and that standard makes it harder to be an artist. Personally, I'm happy to think of myself as a craftsman. Art is in the eye of the beholder. It's when a body of readers sees something beyond the craft in what I've written that maybe it can be called art.

Well said

 

[Statius]

At least two of the Bach concertos have been arranged for bassoon, the only change is accounting for range differences. They're quite lovely. Beyond my skillset at the moment; I mostly laid-off bassoon during COVID since my woodwind quintet disbanded for obvious reasons.

Loreena McKennit used to appear in the Celtic-adjacent Pandora channel I usually have on. Haven't heard her selections in a while, which makes me think her contract with Pandora may have expired.

Yeah. I have a 2 disk collection of works by him that are just cello, probably mis labeled them as concertos

 

[MrPixel]

Yeah. I have a 2 disk collection of works by him that are just cello, probably mis labeled them as concertos

Sonatas. Solo works usually with accompaniment such as piano.

 

[Statius]

Sonatas. Solo works usually with accompaniment such as piano.

Suites! Cello suites!. Had to look it up lol

 

[MrPixel]

Suites! Cello suites!. Had to look it up lol

Yeah. You're right. Alas, I was recently diagnosed as diabetic. Doc told me to lay off the suites.

 

[Statius]

Yeah. You're right. Alas, I was recently diagnosed as diabetic. Doc told me to lay off the suites.

Both funny and sad. Sorry to hear it. Stay healthy

 

[NotWise]

Lunch was hotdogs with tomato, pickle, jalapeno, and mustard. The dogs, buns, and mustard did not come from my garden. Kinda like Chicago dogs translated to the southwest. They were good, but the jalapeno was surprisingly hot. My lips are burning.

I wrote a little this morning, and the word count is starting to add up. It's too bad I still don't know what the story is. All I have is the setup for the sex scenes.

 

[JuanSeiszFitzHall]

I may be too late to get in on this, but I'll throw this out there anyway. I think of what I do as creative. Other people would have to determine whether it's art.

 

[stickygirl]

Sonatas. Solo works usually with accompaniment such as piano.

Best cello concerto would be the Elgar

 

[Statius]

Best cello concerto would be the Elgar

Only know a few of his, and not that one. Gonna look that up.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

Is the back doing any better?

Back is doing better today but the hip aches like a toothache.

 

[Candy_Kane54]

 

[Duleigh]

Doc told me to lay off the suites

 

[NotWise]

I think a lot of people favor the Elgar cello concerto.

I've always been fond of Bach's cello suites as transcribed by Andres Segovia

 

[Duleigh]

I love 2Cellos - there's something relaxing about the classics

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Running out of reasons to post here.

 

[NotWise]

Running out of reasons to post here.

What triggers that?

 

[TheRedLantern]

Running out of reasons to post here.

We got to see headbanging cellists on stage with flames shooting into the air. I'm coming back just to see what happens when the creative souls of the coffee shop start getting into bagpipes.

 

[NuclearFairy]

We got to see headbanging cellists on stage with flames shooting into the air. I'm coming back just to see what happens when the creative souls of the coffee shop start getting into bagpipes.

Sexy kilts?

 

[NotWise]

We got to see headbanging cellists on stage with flames shooting into the air. I'm coming back just to see what happens when the creative souls of the coffee shop start getting into bagpipes.

You know you should never even suggest such things.

I'm partial to raven-haired women, but I'm not about to complain about the redhead in mesh stockings.

 

[TheRedLantern]

You know you should never even suggest such things.

Oh, you have it all wrong. I KNEW someone would take me up on it and I was looking forward to it. The shocking thing was that it only took 22 minutes for someone to pick up the gauntlet. I'm humbled that you either did that research so fast or had a library of bagpipe music ready to go. Either way,

 

[Statius]

Sexy kilts?

Are they sexy? Never thought about kilts that way befote

 

[NuclearFairy]

Are they sexy? Never thought about kilts that way befote

Think about it, two sexy people, in easy access clothes, having a quicky somewhere only kinda discreet. I think they're sexy.

 

[Statius]

Think about it, two sexy people, in easy access clothes, having a quicky somewhere only kinda discreet. I think they're sexy.

Ha! It's always some old cranky Scottish guy yelling and bitching playing bag pipes! It's all I see. Like the Scottish guy in the Simpsons. Not sexy to me.. although you're view is appealing.