Evelyn Glennie

I will always remember how she made the marimba sound like an organ, I never imagined that that was even possible. Whenever I thought of marimba I thought of a Jamaican band with steel drums and the like. Just discovering that instruments can sound differently depending n how you play them, I know it seems obvious but still, it is amazing to me that the same instrument can have two (maybe even more) totally different sounds. She was so focused on her marimba it was almost as if there was nothing else in the world except for the two of them, the intensity that was created from sheer concentration and focus was insane.
Everyone experiences music in a different way, it is so true it isn't even funny. Music makes some people want to dance, sing, sleep, love, fight, jump, etc., but what and how we hear is not always the same. For example a few people might have the same favorite song but for different reasons, One might like the crazy guitar solo that goes all over the place super fast, while the other might just like the soft steady beat that the drummer makes, while another loves the message that the singer is trying to get across.
There is no genre of music that absolutely loves, I hate rap while millions of others love it, I love techno while millions of others think that it's stupid. It is all about that person's personality. Another thing is live music vs. pre-recorded(cd's, youtube, ipods, etc.) some people need to feel the music in their body, not just through their ears, and so they much prefer to go to concerts or clubs to hear music rather than on an ipod or zune.
Everything is all relative, there is no one right song for everyone, and there is no song that everyone hates, and that is because no one is exactly the same.

Farmers market visit

Andrew Proud-Madruga:What's your name and your role here at the farmers market?
Mike Belprez:My name is Mike Belprez, and I am a shopper here at the market.
APM:WHy do you chose to shop here?
MB:Fresh food, locally grown, I know where it comes from, that it's organic, and it tastes great too.
APM:When did you start coming here and why?
MB:few years ago, can't say exactly when. I started coming here because my daughter wanted me too, and I just kept coming back.
APM:Do you garden at home? Why or why not?
MB:No, I would but I live in an apartment building
APM:What would be your advice to get others to come to the market?
MB:I suppose I would tell them how it benefits the environment and that the food tastes even better than store bought food.

The Senior Garden

Thursday morning we took a journey into the wilderness and ventured through unexplored territory, to the garden that Johns seniors had planted! There were pumpkin vines, red chard, strawberries, carrots, lettuce, and mango trees. Everything was so green and inviting I immediately felt at home, I especially loved the pumpkin vines, their gentle curls swaying slightly in the breeze, that such a small and sensitive plant could produce such large and powerful fruit was amazing. The seniors caringly tended to the garden making sure that everything that the plant needed would be readily available, whether it was fertilizer, or water it would be provided, they took care of the plant and in return it gave them their fruits. Such a beautiful symbiotic relationship had been achieved so close to where I travel everyday, it was amazing to me. I'm not sure I had witnessed anything so close to perfection that there was almost nothing that I would do to change it or anything I could do to improve it. I left the garden feeling enlightened and calm, satisfied that there was some good left in the world.






Questions I used:What kinds of plants were there?
What was your favorite part of the garden?
Do you think the seniors care about the garden?
What changes would you make to the garden?