Some quick notes I had recently. 1. If you play Jeno Jando's performance of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (C Sharp Minor, S244), and you listen really really carefully, you can hear him humming. Which is very spectacular, in my opinion. 2 Dmitri Shostakovitch wrote about waiting in his journals. I don't have access to it right now and I can't rephrase it because I read it very long time ago. As of now (me writing this), he was correct about a lot of points. 3. Most engineering disciplines have a distinction between "waiting" and "blocking". Usually waiting is purposeful and justified (an ongoing process we must await). On the other hand, blocking is usually seen as a symptom of poor design. Most of the waiting I experience is blocking. 4. Everyday I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it [Soren Kierkegaard] 5. The world lost a lot from transforming the concept of playing from having joy and fun with others using tools and rocks, to sitting in front of a computer monitor staring at pixel dots. #Modus Vivendi #Music