Now that I’ve installed NoteWorthy Composer (the official music software of Honorable Menschen), last Thursday I wrote my first full piece of original music, an art-song sort of setting of my favorite section of Song of Songs (3:1-5). The arrangement/accompaniment needs some work (or editing by someone with more music theory than I have), but it’s basically complete, which is exciting.
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Progress on the creative front
(1) I spent much of this afternoon updating MuffinButtons.com! Specifically, there are whole new pages of my Harry Potter and Kingdom of Loathing buttons that I’ve sold at cons but haven’t had online at all until now.
(2) I haven’t yet revamped my Computer-Aided Judaica site yet (next on my list is to update the portfolio section and add PayPal buttons for framed and unframed art pieces as well as greeting card packets). But I do have one new art piece I finally did last week, and since I’ve now uploaded the images, I can at least post about it here.
There are four holy cities in Israel,
which, according to the Jewish mystical tradition,
correspond to the four elements: water (Tiberias),
fire (Jerusalem), earth (Hevron), and air (Tzfat)….
Click to enlarge.
… And now, has sent me another new book chapter, so I’d best get back to the work-for-hire. :-)
Oh man…
1. Font geeking galore: TypeCon 2005 in NYC, 2 weeks hence! Wonder if I could talk my boss into letting me go??? “It’s professionally necessary, I swear…”
2. Klingon Klezmer: “Jewish music from other planets”!
(katyam had sent me a nice link to ALEPH‘s cantorial ordination program, which I finally looked at, and the director of the program plays in this band. And no — his name is not “Ka-PLAhhhN!”. Oy vey!)
Erica Schultz Yakovetz 