More Compline-ing

I'm all alone in the office today, which almost never happens. There's nothing for me to do except tidy up the notes and translations for January, and sort of sit here and wish I could take a nap instead. I started my new practice regime this morning, which is to say that I rose early and went to a nearby church to wail in the new day. It was great! It was also dark the entire time. This, combined with the memorization of chant, gave me a nice well of concentration, from which I also drew the feeling of being an actual nun at my own private Matins.

I learned recently from that thing that is currently circulating the web, that I am left-brain-dominant. At first, I was surprised, but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes; even as a musician, I tend to think of things in the most practical terms. Go ahead and laugh, but I'm talking about the way I go about learning the music and words, and the way I conceptualize it. It's hard to explain. This is something that has always frustrated me. Some people seem to grasp music intuitively, and I've always felt sort of locked out of that level of understanding. But what the heck; one keeps trying.