All of the semi finalists of the Wieniawski international violin competition are really fantastic. But for me 19 years old Li Jinzhu is above the rest. Her violin breathes like a woodwind. So gracious and commanding. Listen to her Górecki concerto. Pure magic. youtu.be/44z2_qD4ZM0?...

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still my default state to assume some good in anyone but fuck if it hasn’t turned out to be better for me to let them be who they’ve decided to be without the ability to bother me on the internet than to roll the dice on a sliver of a chance of that they’ll catch a glimpse of themself in the mirror

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i am too old to convince people on social media by the example of my temperate virtue now. we are 30 or 40 years old on the app for people who are 30 or 40 years old. anyone attempting a fascist provocation at me is not doing it for the first time, we do not need to play this game

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i’ve always been pretty good at this! i have been called intimidatingly polite. but again, i am getting older, the people interacting with me are largely getting older, what are the odds that i’m interacting with a lost 22 year old whose calcified heart can be opened with a paternal talking-to

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