tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10357644.post3162795437553803402..comments2023-10-31T09:13:32.835-04:00Comments on adolescent literacies: Moved to the Point of Trust: On Simon Rattle, Musical Magic, and Play on, Philly!lalithahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15750113281555099245noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10357644.post-73243632926073506182012-04-30T17:43:19.997-04:002012-04-30T17:43:19.997-04:00I don't know of Said's summer orchestra bu...I don't know of Said's summer orchestra but I'm off to learn more now. I am continuing to be amazed by the invitation that "dwelling" offers -- it's taking me to readings in hospitality, cosmopolitanism, and readings on being and becoming. <br /><br />(and you're kind not to point out the exceedingly long, run-on sentence!)lalithahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15750113281555099245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10357644.post-41023888063490198952012-04-30T17:37:55.316-04:002012-04-30T17:37:55.316-04:00When you write: "we might focus instead on th...When you write: "we might focus instead on the possibilities that come with nurturing encounters (with people, with texts, with moments in time, with artifacts and instruments) through music -- and arts more broadly, not just for the "sake of art" but for the sake of humanity and the humanizing spaces that materialize when one gives oneself over to a piece of music that illuminates even as it confounds, to words carefully crafted on a page by authors who invite you to read further and to make connections not otherwise evident, paint applied onto surfaces in a manner akin to catharsis that evokes multiple interpretations and a desire in the viewer to not only know more but to be transported. These are powerful seeds." --I am cheering, Yes. <br /><br />Rattle's work reminds me of Edward Said's summer orchestra work for children. It is in dwelling in possibility that new narratives are written.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.com