Surprised by Spring

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Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975) Shostakovich’s contemporaries do not recall seeing him working, at least not in the traditional sense. The Russian composer was able to conceptualize a new work entirely in his head, and then write it down with extreme rapidity—if uninterrupted, he could average twenty or thirty pages of score a day, making virtually no corrections as he went. But this feat was apparently preceded by hours or days of mental composition—during which he “appeared to be a man of great inner tensions,” the musicologist Alexei Ikonnikov observed, “with his continually moving, ‘speaking’ hands, which were never at rest.” Shostakovich himself was afraid that perhaps he worked too fast. “I worry about the lightning speed with which I compose,” he confessed in a letter to a friend. Undoubtedly this is bad. One shouldn’t compose as quickly as I do. Composition is a serious process, and in the words of a ballerina friend of mine, “You can’t keep going at a gallop.” I compose with diabolical speed and can’t stop myself.… It is exhausting, rather unpleasant, and at the end of the day you lack any confidence in the result. But I can’t rid myself of the bad habit. - From Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey #dailyrituals #inktober #shostakovich @masoncurrey
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Monica Hanlin (@MonicaHanlin)
This is magic. And it makes me so calm and happy. Thank you!
Sabina Hahn (@meanwhileplaces)
@MonicaHanlin Thank you, that is so kind of you to say! Makes me glad
Courtney Franklin (@CFranklin)
So peaceful
alex. bartfeld (@architect)
all your drawings are so full of life, humor and kindness; still this one, "surprised by spring" is in my opinion the best.
Sabina Hahn (@meanwhileplaces)
@architect What a lovely thing to hear! Thank you for your kind words. They mean a lot to me.