why don’t women wear dinner jackets?
Read MoreAnd I have asked myself for three years now whether living is worth it when living hurts more than anything and when there's only the possibility that someday it might not hurt as much.
Read MoreOf course, I can't talk about myself as a cellist without talking about myself as a person.
Read MoreStill, there are more reasons why I have to go to this audition than reasons to stay at home.
Read MoreAfterward I realized that I define my value in relation to how others value me -- that is, I don't consider myself to be intrinsically valuable.
Read MoreI realize that I need to cry and I can't. This is a familiar feeling to me.
Read MoreWhen I was onstage, my brain was completely immersed in what I was doing.
Read MoreAnd for the first time in a long time, I feel truly okay.
Read MoreI would die for these women.
Read More(because you don't just stop playing, get a piece of paper, and carefully lift the bug off your cello when you're in the middle of act 2 of an opera)
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