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Saturday, February 8, 2014

A little piece of poetry

I just got back to the hotel from this really great mariachi band/symphony concert with a soloist named Monica Abrego. It was like New Mexico/Mexico City meets New York City. Really cool. The conductor had put poetry of the poet Alberto Blanco to the symphony and mariachi music with Abrego singing the lines of the poetry. The conductor told a story that he tried to take refuge in a small town in Mexico to put the music altogether. He reflected on the lines of a poem by Blanco, "The quietest places are the noisiest." This quote really resonated with me, as I often feel that I should feel more peaceful living out in the country than I do. Sometimes the quietest places lead to the most inner chatter and more opportunities to think!

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