The Arban's Method

This is my first experience living alone and I feel as though I'm a bit of a design dud. I think that it's more likely that I've never had the opportunity to do whatever I want with and in a space. So, there's a bit of space use, color and furniture experimenting going on. I've created a small music/practicing area in my living room and hope to actually use it. I put up my music stand and dug out my old Arban's book.

This is the book every trumpet player I know learned from. M walked in the other day and asked if the music displayed was really for the trumpet. The exercises are really quite excellent; I doubt I could even do 1/3 of the book anymore.
I like having it displayed--even showing a bit of "sheet music" in the space makes me feel more comfortable in it.


Otherwise, the place is pretty sparse. I need to relax and not try and acquire things all at once. There is something seemingly pleasurable about finding unique pieces one by one. After 12 years of consecutive moves I find I don't have much of anything. As such, I've had to buy a lot of household goods just to get up and running. I think I'm going to try and second hand/thrift the rest.

I have one of my favorite internet radio stations on right now: radioio Standards. A bit ago the DJ played a Miles Davis (maybe Davis and Coltrane?) track that I love. I remember listening to "So What" in Bloomington when I was living with T and thinking how much I wanted my own space to be and do whatever I wanted. It felt very appropriate to be hearing it again, five years later, in my own space. I'm very happy that we decided to separate living spaces; I think it's important to have the experience of figuring out exactly what you like. For economic reasons, I've never had that opportunity until now. Well, I still don't really have the economic opportunity, but more than in the past. Now I'm just babbling--pretty tired. Short post.