Last night I got my Voldyne and shakuhachi time in. I even got a few breaths that went over 2000 and eventually I want to consistently max out above 2500 then I can get the larger model Voldyne and use that.
The shakuhachi practice went well, working on those little 4-note figures. There's sheer volume of air and then there's efficiency. I read somewhere in one of the shakuhachi books I had, a teacher saying for the first X number of years the student should try to play loud all the time - then presumably they'll have developed the muscles etc that they can lay off or gas it as needed.
I wish I hadn't sold off my Shakuhachi Yuu and the books I had, but at the time I thought, well, I'm getting places on the trumpet and want to get above high C, and I can stick with Western music and I wasn't even considering retiring back in Hawaii at the time.
So I will have to amass what I had again. I do want to get a Yuu from Mejiro and probably some books from them too - all the way from Japan. If I really, really, get serious about the shakuhachi, take care of it, it may well take care of me.
Once the virus is over, I imagine going to the airport and playing by one of the pianos. I can play "peaceful" music there and I'd think that would go over well. At the temple, at the end of the service when people are doing oshoko (putting a few dollars in the jar and putting a little incense on the burner and saying gassho) there was often a woman playing this little organ they have, and one time there was a guy playing his sax. The sax was pretty cool and I complimented the guy on his playing, seeing him outside. It could be that shakuhachi would go over well and although Rinban Sakamoto is surely an expert player, he can't do it then because he's got to do his rinban things.
I was up at 2 and looked at the weather radar because I was surprised to see it dry outside. Still dry at 5:20. According to the radar it should be pouring right now. I think the radar looks at the clouds at a certain altitude, but I even looked out the door and the clouds are doing this weird virga thing again - the rain's not reaching the ground.
The rain started with a clap of thunder around 7. So at least we're getting a good rinse out of this.
I watched some videos of Goat Island back in La'ie back home. I never got out there because I was told to "save it". "You're always exploring places first and ruining it for the rest of us" - supposedly mom, her boyfriend, and all of us would go out there together. Which never happened. Which is why I went ahead and explored places. But I did save it. Now there are tons of videos, drone and otherwise, of it. I bet there are tons of kahelelani shells out there, another possible lifeline if I decide I must return home before I'm eligible for Social Security.
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