Where are you most yourself?
March 27, 2024 | Sparkle Wednesday
Tonight, David and I had our first rehearsal singing in the Crescendo Community Chorus. It felt so good singing with a group of people again! When I was young, I spent a lot of time singing in choirs, and it felt great to do so again.
Side note- We’re rehearsing Three Madrigals by Emma Lou Diemer. The words are taken from some of Shakespeare’s plays. I found myself suddenly transported to the University of Minnesota Chamber Singers when I met that tall tenor wearing a hat with the beat-up guitar case, aka David. :)
I love to sing. Whether I'm playing or singing at the piano, in a choir, or jamming out with David in our living room, I feel most myself (and sometimes part of a greater, beautiful collective) when I'm singing.
What about you? Where are you most yourself?
I seem to overshare, take risks on bad jokes, and be the purest version of myself when I'm on the mic at band practice--I never feel judged, just seen and understood. There's also something about the dopamine/adrenaline rush that I get when I'm playing music that puts me in a silly, lighthearted mood, even talking about it makes me look forward to practice. Friendship at its finest if you ask me!
I feel the most myself on the stone arch bridge in SE Minneapolis. It sort of feels like the landmark to sum up my start to adulthood because I lived and worked so close by. I went there a lot throughout college and experienced a lot of growth by way of deep thinking on everyday walks. I’ve felt nearly every emotion while on the bridge: joy, sadness, confusion, elation, and excitement. Even though I don’t live in Minneapolis anymore, I try to go at least once when I visit because I feel like it grounds me!
I think that if I were to join a choir again I would feel similar to you, aunt Lisa! Getting to perform with other people who love to sing is so incredible, and I think I’d certainly feel most like myself in that setting again.