Kick Drum Heart


Start the car and write the note

8:33 PM
Car ride home from ESM, on the I-90 W
Listening to: “I and Love and You” (The Avett Brothers)

Would I have believed a year ago that I would be coming home from an audition at the Eastman School of Music? Would I have believed it if I’d known I would feel exhilarated, ferociously excited?

Maybe not. And maybe one year from now again I’ll have accomplished something else I would’ve never dreamed I could do.

For now, it’s more than enough. I’ll be riding on this bright, vivacious joy for a long time.