Learning the Language of the World

Day fifteen: A picture of something you want to do before you die.

I desperately, wholeheartedly want to be fluent in another language.  I don't care what language (though preferably Italian,) when I learn it, or how long it takes me-- only that I'm fluent before I die.
I want to be beyond a uni-lingual, typical, white American from Utah.  I want to be a citizen of the world. :)

"...True Poets, They Who Are Seers, Seek to Express the Universe in Terms of Music."

Day fourteen: A picture of something you wish you were better at.

MUSIC.  The thing I most wish I was better at is playing musical instruments.  I play piano, I'm picking up the ukulele, and I played some guitar for awhile but now it just feels huge and awkward in my hands compared to my uke.
But I'm just average.  And I want to be, "Daang.  That girl has got some serious talent."

I feel like a part of me is lacking, or is not fully developed...like I can't fully express myself yet.  Ideally, I would be proficiently awesome at playing the

• Piano
• Ukulele
• Guitar
• Drums
• Harmonica
• Tambourine (Does that really even count?)
• Harp
• That small flute-ish instrument like from Lord of the Rings

Yeah.  Pretty much.  And no, that's not unrealistic.  I'll get there.  Even if it's not until the millenium.  :)

"Music is the purest form of art...therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music... The singer has everything within him.  The notes come out from his very life.  They are not materials gathered from outside."  ~Rabindranath Tagore Indian poet, playwright, and essayist; won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913  

30 Days of Introduction

Day one:  A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

1. I love the color white.
2. I can't stand wearing jeans on Sundays.
3. One of the hardest things for me to do is say goodbye.
4. Sometimes I secretly wish I could live my life as a wood nymph, singing enchanted melodies and tip-toeing around mystical forests with leaves laced in my hair.  :)
5. I absolutely love being the middle child.
6. Thanks to my brothers, there will always be a special place in my heart for Strong Bad Emails.  Sewiously!
7. If I could be anywhere in the world it would be in the little mountain towns of Switzerland.
8. I thoroughly enjoy yoga and meditation.
9. The only two things I don't like about Utah are a) Autumn never lasts very long, and b) There are never enough thunderstorms.
10. I'm a quarter Armenian.
11. I ridiculously adore high heels, but hardly ever wear them because they make me too tall.
12. Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints means everything in the world to me.  I know it's true and it is the source of all my strength, love, hope, happiness, and direction.
13.  Music is one of my passions.
14. My dream item to own would be a private jet, so that the whole world would be at my fingertips :)
15. I believe it's best to live with an open and passionate heart, even though it makes one vulnerable.
              "Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game."