The elegance of the hedgehog
by chuckofish
I was not crazy about this bestseller by Muriel Barberry. But I thought this passage was spot-on perfect about the feeling one has as a high-schooler in a choir. I felt the same way when I would attend a band or orchestra or choir concert back when my children were in school.
“Every time, it’s the same thing. I feel like crying, my throat goes all tight and I do the best I can to control myself but sometimes it gets close: I can hardly keep myself from sobbing. So when they sing a canon I look down at the ground because it’s just too much emotion at once: it’s beautiful, and everyone singing together, this marvelous sharing. I’m no longer myself, I am just one part of a sublime whole, to which the others also belong, and I always wonder at such moments why this cannot be the rule of everyday life, instead of being an exceptional moment, during a choir.”
It is true, as C. S. Lewis said, that we read in order to know that we are not alone.
dual personalities 
I also remember getting all choked up when I first saw whales and dolphins in the wild. It was amazing and moving. But music always makes me cry.
The thing with the choir or band, though, is that they can be such jerks and mean etc. and then they stop and do this thing together and it’s beautiful and very moving. And they are trying to concentrate and do something correctly.
This is great! I also dig Chamberville’s new pic!
Choir kids love to cry. I do love that CS Lewis quote.