Spent a bit more than a couple of hours this afternoon watching a wide selection of young people in public performance of their various arts. Very struck by the complete absorption of pretty much all the performers in what they were creating on stage. In its own way this was in itself hypnotizing to witness.
The losing of the self in the act of making something that transcends the self is something we take for granted, yet is the great gift of Art. Magic made available - and available to all, not just the ultra-talented (though the level of talent today was remarkable. All the various groups excelled, and there was one version of a Shostakovich piece, with which I wasn't familiar, that blew it out of the park, and then some.)
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