joy? Joy

i thought the title of this blog would be JOY!!!

i have EXTREMELY eclectic musical tastes. i love almost all music that can not be heard on a m radio. music from any culture,time period or location.

one of the reasons i moved back to berkeley was to have access to a wider verity of music but money and mobility have been in my way.

this past week has been the berkeley early music festival,expensive, and the related fringe fest ,very affordable. with my new found mobility i planned to go to lots of concerts and managed to get to 3.

i expected the concerts would lift my mood. some brought joy,some unexpectedly brought sorrow. the wild rose concert 'roses and thorns, had sad songs that brought up lots of unprocessed grief and tears.

i managed to keep the tears to a minimum and sniffle hard during the applause. ironically if i hadn't been on my scooter i would have left and let the tears flow but wheeled access, i'v come to discover, requires someone to let you in and out of the 'accessible ' entrance, so leaving early causes a commotion..

when the concert was over i left as quickly as i could and scooted down the street to the next church.the campus area has lots of churches with lovely grounds,.
i pulled in out of the way and let the tears flow while listening to a group jam in the colonnade ,it was all in all a good experience just not as joyfilled as i had expected.

looking forward to lots more music in my life.