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[sen_no_ongaku]

Past the halfway point now. The week I've spent here feels both incredibly long and short. It's mildly incomprehensible how adrift I felt a week ago upon arriving, given how many cool people I've met and how packed each day has been. I was going through today's notes and realized that presentations I heard this morning I thought had happened yesterday.

Part of me doesn't really want this to end, and part of me can't wait to come home (although it will be for just a few hours). It's a rare thing that I get to geek out about music with a whole bunch of people for days on end, but the pace is starting to wear me down, and I'm starting to miss being in my comfort zone, taking things in my own time -- as well as just plain wanting to be with my lover, my friends, and my things. I think it's been said that the best and most rewarding part of traveling is coming home.

I've found that there are certain folks here towards whom I tend to gravitate, and clumps have formed here and there, but my impression is that most composers here are interested enough in everybody else that they're not sticky to the point of exclusion.

9+ hours of presentations tomorrow, and then the workshops with Fireworks begin on Wednesday -- I expect that those will be the most valuable parts of this symposium in terms of useful information.

I'll push for at least one more night at the High Street Brewery, probably Wednesday or Thursday. The cider I enjoy so much is made locally, so I won't have many more chances to partake.

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[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

What you describe sounds very much like my Bennington MFA residencies, and like the weeks I spend at Elat Chayyim. It's a very particular pleasure, getting to geek out about one's chosen subject in an intense way with a lot of other people who share the passion -- and it's also exhausting, and a bit of a relief to return home from. :-)

Glad you're having such a good time -- look forward to hearing more about it...