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This combination from St. Christophe street--just a tiny lane, really--is a striking example of the contrast.
Mary Soderstrom's blog
It's always nice when people that you write about like what you write. I'm no musician, and one of the big unknowns about River Music was what musicians might think. In fact, I was so unsure that I went out of my way not to ask musicians I knew what their opinion was.
But to my great delight, the reaction of musicians has been spontaneous and very positive. Here are three:
From pianist Jana Stuart:
"Mary, I just finished River Music. I could not put it down. I related so much to the character of Gloria Murray and the plight of the young pianist. I loved it to pieces. "
From Madeleine Owen, lutist and artistic director, Ensemble La Cigale:
"Gloria, is tough and not always likable and yet, I had to recognize some of her difficult choices as merely typical of what a musician, especially a woman, has to do in order to succeed in the competitive world of music."
And Cléo Palacio-Quintin, flûtiste-compositrice says:
"River Music nous emporte dans le flot d'une vie musicale riche en émotions. Dans un rythme fluide, Mary Soderstrom transcrit avec finesse la passion intime d'une interprète pour sa musique...difficile de poser le livre avant la fin."
1 comment:
I love those hummingbirds!
The ugly graffiti are more specifically "tags" - nothing but stylised signatures, and in some areas gang-related. Above the ugly garage door, I can make out "te amo" - it may at one time have been "te amo Québec", in any case rather sweet. There are small graffiti sprinkled round town reading "I love you", "je t'aime" or sometimes in other languages, that can be charming - as long as they aren't defacing a beautiful façade or a private dwelling.
And what a hot-spot with all that ugly concrete!
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