Vivaldi and stars

So, there's this piece.

As you can see, it's been around for a while, and played for a while, and had coffee cups resting on it for a .... no wait....


And 


there's a young man in our orchestra who is playing principal second violin.  He's maybe 18.  Out of high school.  Working a job that requires him to wear a special t-shirt (couldn't read it; didn't want to pry).  Plays up a storm, is musical.  


We're working on this piece (see above).  


Only...


There's this part

sciolte...haven't looked it up...only know it's played on three strings and it's fast....so


here's the deal


I have to approach it the way you do when you're looking at the stars and want to see something specific and you have to look to the side to see it?


It's kind of that way...You have to not think about it...just set the flat part of the bow on the strings and feel it....


And that set me to thinking beyond the stars thing and the Vivaldi thing.  There are more things in our lives that are like that.


Relationships that don't bear close scrutiny or they lose their brilliance.


Times with God when we want that larger view and no thinking.


Belief in our country's system of checks and balances.


My bank account.  hahaha.