Thursday
Listening to Hank Mobley, amazing man making even more amazing music. Yesterday I saw this string quartet that really made me emotional. The played Steve Reich's piece "Different Trains". I have seen it before, when studying WW2 in 9th grade, but this was more emotional. I had the music and the words right in front of me. To see great musicians in action is something that I appreciate a lot.
Today I met a man from Haiti, who has been living in the US for the past 10 years, but he told me about things behind the crisis, of how the lack of infrastructure and political stability has led to that many more than would have been necessary died in the earthquake. He told stories about children that has gone through more than any human should ever do, seeing their parents and home die and get destroyed, right in front of their eyes. I do admire people that can tell me these types of stories and look me in the eye, and even though the pain within is slowly eating them, and that he cried occasionally throughout the whole time he spoke, he did not stop. It was more important to him to convey his message. And he did it well. I feel bad. I wish I could do more, am almost paralyzed. What do you do in an situation like this? All the theory I know does not do any well at the moment..
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