Anita Brown

As of just a few moments ago, I submitted a major grant application for funding for "Slices of the Gradient." I'll post more about other plans for the same, shortly. Perhaps I will even post the Statement of Plans as submitted All rested (well, maybe not rested), certainly refreshed from having spent time with friends at the beach, including yesterday at Long Beach, NY, I am looking forward to beginning my lessons with my private students in addition to connecting with a number of school and college…

The World Trade Center's Twin Towers and Plaza was a place I shared many memories with many friends. Music, laughter, sight seeing, parking nearby and just hanging out by the river... The towers were a beacon, the ballast of the skyline. They were our compass, differentiating south from north; icons of New York, hailing from Battery Park As a child, I watched them go up...one floor at a time, while living in Teaneck, NJ and coming into town frequently to go to my uncle's shop, where Mom worked at…

While my excursion to the northeast corner of Massachusetts was "wall to wall" great fun, I am once again at home. I guess I needed to get away because this place doesn't seem to be choking me so much now (the apartment itself) I had the opportunity to vent about frustrations regarding the dynamics surrounding the use and/or non-use of the particular photographs that initially inspired "Slices of the Gradient" to some good friends, who were amused and confounded, even astonished with the photographer's…

In the event that anyone is actually reading this, I must say that I am extremely excited at the prospect of moving forward with Slices of the Gradient with a new outlook. The fact is, the photos that inspired the musical thoughts to fall out to paper need only serve that singular purpose. For that, I need no permission. Following that, the possibilities are endless and I am enjoying challenging my imagination to find the best angle for the project I was a little concerned that the photos, as…

Hot, sunny, slightly balmy, repeat. Great day on the beach Friday. Friends on the beach for Saturday. I'm almost done. What a great end to a crazy, insane, inspired, party-filled spring and summer. Happy 50th Class of 1977! Did I NOT say I was celebrating until Labor Day? And there it is. And perhaps beyond... Let's see...who didn't have their birthday yet? I can hear the surf from here. I feel much better when I'm near the water. ...the WAWtah --AB

That's all. Just...the beach today. More later. Great hang with Mark DeVoto yesterday. Looking forward to reading from Fowler's "Modern English Usage" which he gave me a copy of. :-) Scheduling, grant application revisions, maybe some melodic thoughts on the beach... Enjoy the day. --AB

It has been so wonderful to be in Salisbury Beach, MA...my stompin' grounds. The beach is beautiful, the weather is gorgeous and walking/jogging on the beach has been quite effective at clearing my head Time with old friends, long lost classmates who are actually still local enough to meet up with, talking out eminent challenges with brilliant and insightful people has been so very gratifying, helpful and inspiring I have also thoroughly enjoyed the local delicacies, such as Hunt's Fried Scallops…

I'm very excited to take a little excursion to see old friends and clear my head of these "four wall." I'm grateful for the challenge that is before me and very excited to see Mark DeVoto this week to talk about form, structure, development, with my sketches for the second and first movement of "Slices of the Gradient." A little beach time...a little Grog, a little jam session hang maybe with some high school friends And a nice drive. I like to drive. :-) Most of the time...even in traffic…

Now that I have seen the commercial photographers' shots of this enormous and beautiful fountain at Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, I have to say--always being objective--that Whatizzname's shot I am calling "The Fountain" is even more amazing than I had thought While all the commercial photographers are bringing the building and the fountain's pool of water into the shot, "JH" (we'll call him...) has purposefully found a way not to show us the water pool or the expansive landscaping that…

Related photographs of "The Fountain" as described in my entry of 8/24/09 are now posted in the photo gallery. I'm also hot on the trail of hot pink water lilies with canary yellow lily pads. I'm SOOO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!! :-) --AB