I realised late last week that by the time I reached Monday this week, I will have worked at or on behalf of the University for 15 days straight. Monday is currently my 'research day' so I decided that a day away from campus might be a good thing to do. For my mental health and others.
I thought briefly about a trip to the library but decided that wouldn't be quite the pause in proceedings I needed (not that there is anything wrong with the library of course...). My next thought was a visit to a cultural centre downtown I have been planing to get to for some time. Closed Mondays. OK, next plan...a newish gallery featuring a favourite artist. Closed Mondays. I could see a pattern developing here.
I had hoped to get down to Kamakura (for research purposes of course, being a research day and all) but the forecast in the afternoon was for rain...
OK, stay home and catch up on reading. And playing. And by playing I mean musical instruments.
I have a new 'toy': a digital instrument which is based on the saxophone but it can 'sound' like about 40 other instruments at the flick of a switch...
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| It's a Roland Aerophone |
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| Keys here... |
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| And here, like this |
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| Speaker one |
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| Just like, almost like, the real thing |
OK, it is my first venture into the electronic music area. It is interesting. It saves lugging around all the woodwinds I usually play. It won't replace them completely but it will keep me in practice.
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 7.54pm-7.55pm; 19 June 2017]
