102nd Devotion: Musical Pursuits

[favoritetraitor]

[Video]

[Solomon steps back so the recording device can clearly show him standing there holding a violin and bow delicately in one hand. His brow is creased, and a slight frown of discontent and frustration graces his features.]

Is there a skilled luthier in the city? There seems to be something wrong with my violin... allow me to demonstrate the

Comments

[cateyedhunter]

It doesn't look like it needs a repair.

[favoritetraitor]

Are you deaf? Of course it does. Didn't you just hear the horrid sound it's now producing?

[cateyedhunter]

That doesn't always mean it's broken, you know.

[favoritetraitor]

... well it's not the acoustics. I've practiced at home before and it never sounded like this before. And I know it's not the strings. I only purchase the best. My fans would notice if I didn't.

[cateyedhunter]

Today isn't your day for playing, then.

[favoritetraitor]

I really should just throw it away... buy something that won't fall apart so easily...

[cateyedhunter]

Throw it away? How insensitive. A musician doesn't give up on his instrument so easily.

[favoritetraitor]

You'll have to excuse my frustration with it. It's making me say rash things. Of course I won't discard it so callously. It's been with me for such a long time...

[cateyedhunter]

If that's so, then you shouldn't be getting so angry with it. It isn't tasteful.

[favoritetraitor]

You're right of course.

I take it that you are a musician as well?

[cateyedhunter]

I'm not exactly good at it. But I grew up with an exceptional pianist. Most of what I know about music, I learned from those years of watching him practice and play continuously.