Two Songs and John Cage

Just a quick note to record my audial consumption of Shania Twain's 'I Feel like a Woman' and 'We are Family' by Sister Sledge. My music collection is going to be quite eclectic by the end of this project.
John Cage's work could not be classed as music. It is more like performance art- The Firenze: 12.22 minutes of well timed jabs at the piano...interesting.

Two movies

I am now caught up on the classic 'Flashdance'.  Reasonably entertaining, not too long, but also no great drama, just a classic dance/beating the odds/romance sort of story.  I am learning to love the art of dance though. I just find it amazing the way we have the capacity to train movements into our muscle memory.  I find it with the piano and am sure its the same with dance. We take for granted our ability to learn songs and dances, plus other skills, driving, painting, cutting, writing.  Without this God-given talent our world would be a very different place.  One more reminder of the impossibility of our exitence without Almighty God.
I also watched the Hunchback on Notredame, the Disney version. A rather enjoyable representation of the book, but I'm looking forward to reading the original. I am sure it will be far more powerful.

A Tale of Two Cities

I plodded on through this book for so long, but the resolution was well worth the wait.  All the bits and pieces that I didn't understand came together in a way that I never expected. Satisfying, unpredictable, powerful, perfect.  The book also introduced me somewhat to the French revolution. I may be inspired to learn more about this because there were so many things that I just couldn't comprehend in the playing out of the story.  A history lesson would reveal a lot I'm sure.  I love that these classic books introduce me to the worlds of past others.
I am quite learning to enjoy this Charles Dickens fellow. Clever stuff. I am sure a second read would be more powerful and much clearer to me, but I must move on, to some other expectantly wonderful novels.