by johnhongclarinet | Nov 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Don’t you love it when the average person tells you your passion is worthless? Take a look at that. Drink it all in. Feels great, don’t it? This comment, responding to the cast of Hamilton making a statement on stage to VP-elect Mike Pence, has caused a...
by johnhongclarinet | Nov 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
WHEN I RUN INTO INSPIRATION BLOCKS, I find it helpful to change my environment. Usually the feeling I experience of being “stuck” comes from being trapped in my own routine. I get in a rut–I do the same thing when I wake up, and I do the same thing...
by johnhongclarinet | Nov 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
“They should come more often, honestly.” ~ third-year Juilliard violist Andrea Fortier The past few weeks, I’ve been mostly bedwetting about the election and constantly refreshing FiveThirtyEight (The Donald is at a 33% chance of winning as of 11/3),...
by johnhongclarinet | Sep 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I was made aware of this gem of an advertisement in my news feed: There’s no debating the implications of this statement. Saying “An actor today, a botanist[ref]You fucking denigrate acting for <i>botany</i>? Not coder or engineer? What a...
by johnhongclarinet | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Hi, the Juilliard legal counsel (Hi Mr. Edelson!) will send me haunting and passive-aggressive emails about my breach of their social media policy if I do not include a disclaimer, so I am doing it here: Please be aware that this post is not sponsored in any way by...
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