June pictures

Hello everyone. Here are some pictures I'd like to share. Craig.

Banff

Hi everyone! So, Dad suggested that I post a little about what Steve and I have been up to. We just returned from an amazing residency at the Banff Centre, which is in Banff, Alberta up in the Canadian Rockies. The scenery is some of the most beautiful I have ever seen and it was certainly an eventful time. Highlights include: performing the 74-minute long minimalist masterpiece Drumming by Steve Reich, performing the world premiere of a new composition by Alaskan composer John Luther Adams entitled Inuskuit (very exciting), then performing it again out in the wilderness (even more exciting), and meeting lots of talented colleagues who share the same weird obsession! Here are a few photos from the experience.

LET'S MOVE ON TO ANOTHER BOOK

Okay, I struggled through Anthony's pick, Naked Lunch, and I want to thank Anthony for providing such a challenging book. I mean it. I loved trying to figure out why this drugged up talented writer's book is lauded as such an important novel, and of course, just trying to make sense of the author's/junkie's incoherent, albeit eloquent, and often obscene, ramblings is a frustrating experience. I find it difficult to classify as a literary classic though. I recognize that it was part of an important movement, but that doesn't make it an excellent piece of literature. It would be a great book to analyze in an academic setting with a good professor leading the discussion. I enjoyed Burroughs' essays at the back of the book about his writings that comprise this book, written after he got off drugs, as they provide a sample of his talent as a writer in a coherent form. And, his views on drugs and the drug culture in America are worth noting. So, THANK YOU ANTHONY! I think it was an excellent pick, except not Grandma-friendly, but no family book pick yet has been a hit with everyone. If we pick only Grandma-friendly books, we may get very bored. This book is definitely not boring.