Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea. These are the seven necessities to begin a day according to ancient Chinese wisdom. The 7 ordinary things, not expensive at all if compare to jewelry, but we can not live without them. Of course we can live without them! Non- Chinese may protest. Like recently, I ran …
“WHY?! Why you did this to me? The first 8 bars is expressing his anger to God. It followed by the different color in bar 9, saying, ‘yes, God, I will accept the fate’ …”Prof. Lohmann was explaining Bach’s Fantasia in G Minor BWV 542. I was taking part at Thüringische Orgelakademie last summer. The …
I sensed it by watching news. Faces of feeling relieved, slightly joy shown up on the TV screen. “No worry, old life will come back soon!”Different friends from different places are comforting me. A book by Andreas Steinhöfel – Anders tells a story about a boy name Felix who lost his memory due to an accident. He …
Last year, at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich, I was staring at a still life painting. A glorious bouquet with dark background. Beside the bouquet was a crucifix, under the crucifix were a skull, paper, pen, a pocket watch and fruits. An odd arrangement, at least I won’t arrange my table like that. Naturally, aesthetics …
Today is Sunday, since most of the churches worldwide are having live streaming now, I also can have worship service at home. I found this prayer that applying Psalm 23 into the situation now is very beautiful. First one is the original Psalm 23, and then the beautiful prayer that I ran into on internet today. …
No children’s choir, no youth choir, no adult choir, no string orchestra, no Worship services, and no concerts. Jobless? Definitely not. All those activities being mentioned are only 10% of my job. The preparation work is 90% for usual church musician, for a newbie like me may be is 120%. Life goes on as usual, only …
As I stepped out the church after my daily organ practice, the miss sunshine invited me to go to the park with her. I passed by my home to get a book and followed her to the park. While I was looking for a bench to sit, I saw two girls trying different movement for a …
Strolling through the farmer market is my favourite thing to do in Leonberg. I like the good quality vegetable and fruit at reasonable price, also the friendly farmers who are selling their production. The highlight now is a large selection of flower. I have bought “Ranunkeln” flower to decorate my living room. These days are rather …
26th to 29th February, I was attending Württemberg Church Music Conference in Bad Urach. It was meaningful to start lent in this serene monastery. I have chance to step out of my daily life and to rethink about the essence of church music with others. I’m being introduced to international choral music repertoire, I …
Lent is 40 days of preparation for Easter. Christian choose to give up something such as chocolate, alcohol, social networking, etc., during the Lent season. They each have their own reason of practicing lent . Not everyone practicing lent has a spiritual reason, more about getting rid of bad habits or being healthy. However, my …