Remains of the Day

Evelyn Glennie, a brilliant percussionist, has lost her hearing since the age of 12, but she managed to "hear" with other parts of her body. I didn't plan to watch this documentary tonight. I got home, I turned on the TV as I was too tired to do anything else. Wanting to shut my brain off, I pressed the button. But she was improvising, rubbing a metal disk against a bow. Next, she was rubbing a large metal plane, producing some very interesting sound. I was deeply touched by her notion of music. Silence is the loudest and the heaviest sound, she said. Most people just don't notice. Breathing in and breathing out, and I'm listening.