February 10, 2005

Learning Curve

I have a sister (well, step-sister actually, but why split hairs) who is currently living in New York while she pursues her singing career (Opera).

She is someone who I wish would get a blog, but I am grateful that she maintains an email list and keeps us informed of the happenings in her life. I so envy her courage and drive - not to mention her tremendous talent.

Here is just a small excerpt from today's email, I love her comparison of learning to ski with learning to sing:

And so in the meantime I'm working with Mini on "correct places to pee" (don't laugh... sometimes this can be confusing) and hoping for some version of prince charming, or at least the artist formerly known as prince charming to come get me. Or I him. Or something. To overuse this tired metaphor, it seems lately my life is filled with frogs... I'm practically a French chef. I read in a funny book that men are like free furniture... impossible to find when you're looking.

And what else? I signed another year's lease on my apartment. New York is still crazy... the range of experiences I have every day is sometimes astounding. Most recently? I went skiing for the first time... well... "falling", really. What an experience. Skiing is just like singing. You have to learn stuff that doesn't really make all that much sense at first, let it fall into your body, and then trust that those things are there... and then you get to experience magic... but the more you try to control things, or force your muscles to get what they've just learned... the more you fall on your butt. LOL!!! Sometimes, I was thinking, the best thing to do is just throw yourself down on it. No sense in trying to turn once the spirit's left you.

I sent her some wisdom I found on a keychain - "I'm not looking for the perfect man, he's looking for me!"

Posted by Vox at February 10, 2005 11:56 AM | family
Comments

You are so right. She needs to blog. Very witty.

Posted by: Lori at February 10, 2005 09:43 PM