it smells like lists are healing for you in some way. The list sounds like the savoured good in the chaotic. For myself- the contrary. If I had 4 different lists on my desk of compartmentalised tasks- I'd have a panic attack! When you went from blue to red in Thailand, it made me think of Dorris Lessing's The Golden Notebook- a novel about lists in notebooks which undoubtedly you'll know. I love when writers list, lists- Latin names of flowers, a carpenter's tools- wonderful. In my time as a pianist I had to make lists. In the way an athlete have a regime of daily exercises, a pianist has their repertoire to work on. In preparation for one recital I had a list of Liszt- the irony!
Hi Avril,
it smells like lists are healing for you in some way. The list sounds like the savoured good in the chaotic. For myself- the contrary. If I had 4 different lists on my desk of compartmentalised tasks- I'd have a panic attack! When you went from blue to red in Thailand, it made me think of Dorris Lessing's The Golden Notebook- a novel about lists in notebooks which undoubtedly you'll know. I love when writers list, lists- Latin names of flowers, a carpenter's tools- wonderful. In my time as a pianist I had to make lists. In the way an athlete have a regime of daily exercises, a pianist has their repertoire to work on. In preparation for one recital I had a list of Liszt- the irony!
I love that you kept lists as a musician, it goes a long way to confirming the creative nature of lists. I especially love the list of Liszt!!