Three of my favorite topics: Cary Grant, orchestra and thermodynamics (no, really, I have an engineering background). I never thought I'd see them woven together so masterfully and to such effect. Brava!
"it’s the music that gets to me." So appropriate for The Firebird, where I feel the dancing takes second (or third) place after the music and the costumes and set (if well done). The music is all consuming, like fire. A beautiful chapter, Mary.
There’s such beauty in this chapter—the way memory, science, and music all swirl together like fire and ash. The metaphor of “absolute zero” as an unreachable clarity, both scientific and emotional—such an impossible precision, this remembering.
So mesmerizing! And I love the shorthand to remember the laws of thermodynamics: "1. You cannot win. 2. You cannot break even. 3. You cannot get out of the game." Beyond elegant. 💕
Three of my favorite topics: Cary Grant, orchestra and thermodynamics (no, really, I have an engineering background). I never thought I'd see them woven together so masterfully and to such effect. Brava!
A wow of a comment! 💗
"it’s the music that gets to me." So appropriate for The Firebird, where I feel the dancing takes second (or third) place after the music and the costumes and set (if well done). The music is all consuming, like fire. A beautiful chapter, Mary.
Oh Jeffrey, you are a reader to love!
Wow, such a very hypnotic chapter Mary, an exquisite intertwining of memory and physics!
Oh, Susie, talk about making my day. And, you, write so beautifully that I hope I never miss a post.
There’s such beauty in this chapter—the way memory, science, and music all swirl together like fire and ash. The metaphor of “absolute zero” as an unreachable clarity, both scientific and emotional—such an impossible precision, this remembering.
The process of discovery unfolds--as you so eloquently explain that.
So mesmerizing! And I love the shorthand to remember the laws of thermodynamics: "1. You cannot win. 2. You cannot break even. 3. You cannot get out of the game." Beyond elegant. 💕
I love that shorthand, too--and your kind words, Alisa, dear.
Cool writing to connect so many diverse topics.
Oh, Lovely, Bill. Need to read your new piece. xx
Whether it be in the music or in the fire, you certainly throw the reader into the action. Love it, Mary.
You cover my intentions so well. My thanks, Isabelle for taking the time to read and comment. xx