thank you lia

for this wondrous video, which i watch at least 5 times a day:

amit peled, you who at the age of twenty-one, flew from israel to yale to study with a great cellist, a master cellist (who invited you on full scholarship)--you who told this master cellist one year later that it was time to go somewhere new. and what did you do? you phoned bernard greenhouse at his home in the cape and said, simply, with no frills: "mr. greenhouse you are my hero. can i come play for you?" because that is all you've ever wanted to do. and of course he was pleased with the tenacity of twenty-two and said, "sure!" and even though you shook like crazy through the whole piece you still found the courage to tell him you wanted to leave yale, the scholarship, even dear aldo parisot just to study with him, mr. greenhouse, in the cape. so you did just that. and you studied together, cooked together, walked together, and during every free moment you played, you learned how to breathe properly, how to hold your cello properly, how to love the music and the shape of your cello so completely which shows in every movement of your hands and face. and this is what i want from life--this immersion and immensity of art.