09.03
Monasterio Nuestra Señora De Los Ángeles MM. Dominicas,
Mare de Deu del Roser, 2,
Sant Cugat (08174),
Barcelona.
The noise from nearby construction sites is remarkable.
13.05 Two guitar meetings this morning: full circle circulating, dividing the circle into 2 & 3 groups, circulating in basic & variegated forms, free note choice & defined C major. C major tends to slow things down a bit, and sometimes quite a lot, but tighter mouths really helped things along.
At the end of the first meeting, we split into 3 groups, which returned to the full circle to present their work, after an Alexander lie-down. Then, dividing into a different 3 groups: the first, of 6 high fliers. The LCG6 demonstrated a characteristic of a high flier: the ability to whizz. Three good whizzes. The Small But Honest group plus Buddy Ignacio seek to develop their fingerboard knowledge & competency of C major into 2 octaves, but beginning with one octave. The Group of Twelve are addressing circulating fluency in the basic forms, before moving to address circulating fluency in C major.
Lunch at 13.15.
14.56 Zum played at lunch, although their food was in some danger of being eaten while their attention was on performing.
Good comments & questions at lunch.
Q: Attention: why is it recommended that we put part of our attention on a particular (point, or part of the body)?
Quick answer:
This addresses the division of attention; part of our attention remains on holding the form.
Q: When I extended my attention into the whole of the room today, the room did not feel as strong as yesterday. Why?
A: Perhaps because yesterday you got a hit on the room, and expected to get as strong a hit today. Yesterday was innocent; today there is expectation.
(Another person noted that today they got a hit on the room).
Discussion of how best to approach our work this afternoon.
20.16 Personal meetings at 17.00.
Performance by The Whizzers (aka The LCG6) & Zum. While fumihito was away from the table, his cauliflower cheese was examined in detail, and tasted frequently, by a visiting fly.
A French announcement at dinner, c. 19.20, calling for 3 volunteers to do the washing up, specifying they meet at 19.30 to begin. This ignored the small spoon, placed for dessert; and overlooked the possibility of comments & questions on the day’s work.
This evening: it was decided to work in the three sub-groups of the Circle.
A mosquito came in to develop a relationship as I was typing this.
21.42 Work with The Whizzers: a simple 4 note figure, extended to 6 notes; then 24 notes by developing variations. Related parts were distributed & reasonably whizzed. When put together, this will have audiences on the feet shouting it’s a whizzer! Unless they are from Perugia, that is. The Small But Honest group were taking a break when I arrived, and the Group of 12 took a break as soon as I walked in.
22.48 A return visit to all 3 groups. There were good whizzings in the Small But Honest & Group of 12. I was called back to look at a detail in a figure given to The Whizzers.
"Music is the cup which holds the wine of silence.
Sound is that cup, but empty.
Noise is that cup, but broken."
