week of 8/4-
Sorry for the late posting for this week, but when I tell you that I've been too busy galavanting around town to concerts and cafes, I have a feeling that you will forgive me. This week, Dr. Wu lowered the dosage of chemo (still within the guidelines of the protocl of the UCSF study of which I'm a part) so that the lip sores and sore throat that was plaguing me the previous week, have now almost disappeared. Consequently,I'm a much happier camper and more able to "galavant."
Cultural high points this week were the Cabrillo New Music Festival on Sat. night where John Adams' "Dr. Atomic Symphony" (West Coast premiere) stood out as a major piece of first-rate composing. The neo-elements(gorgeous Bachian melodic lines and harmonic progressions juxtaposed with some earlier-Adams -minimalist rhythmic ostinati. Together they clearly etched the implicit "program" of the piece-the humanist anti-war plea vs. the relentlessness(unethical) of scientific "progress." It was played with great force and emotion. The audience responded.
I saw many friends and acquaintances at the concert. Several did not know about my illness but to a person they all commented how well I looked. Go figure! Take that Cancer!
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Hi Ivan, just thinking of you as I sent off a TBAF mail, so thought I'd check your blog. Really glad to hear you are doing so well. We are leaving for a week in Chautauqua, NY tomorrow, a place where I spent many summers in my past life, so a bit of a nostalgia journey. See you in the fall! Stay absorbed with the good stuff!
Joanne Tanner
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