thiel (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} thiel) wrote,@ 2007-09-03 22:00:00 |
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st. gregory the great: I chanted, pray for me.
One of the many "great" achievements of Pope Gregory the First was his invention and notation of Gregorian chant, so on his feast day I listened to some of this calm and strange music. Later, since my boyfriend's latest hobby is to learn Chinese characters, I got him to write a sentence in a large font which we sat down at the keyboard to chant together. My style was minimalist; his, improvisatory. The characters he chose were zhe, shi, shen and mi, which translate as something like "what is it?"
One of the many "great" achievements of Pope Gregory the First was his invention and notation of Gregorian chant, so on his feast day I listened to some of this calm and strange music. Later, since my boyfriend's latest hobby is to learn Chinese characters, I got him to write a sentence in a large font which we sat down at the keyboard to chant together. My style was minimalist; his, improvisatory. The characters he chose were zhe, shi, shen and mi, which translate as something like "what is it?"
