Music to my ears

Ah music is a character in my life and in my story. I read once where characters are not just people but the places, the objects, the animals, even the emotions one may feel. Yes, such as my Black Bull Tavern. I was as much a character as any of my men. It had a heart and soul as the old cliche whispers. It reeked of manly scents, the knocking of the billiard balls beat as rhythmetically as any heart, the wagoring was the mind and the appearance was the dusty floor and well oiled bar.

Yes, objects can be characters, too. How many times does some character in a book hold an object and have it speak to him. A picture can overtake one's thoughts as easily as a flower twirling in ones hand.

Now music is a character that would be prime in a book about Georgiana. As a true musician, she would hear music where the tone-deaf world hears noise. I read once that true artist do not see the world the same. A painter looks at a scene and it is a flat canvas where the only the light of his mind creates the hollows within. The rest of us see the word as three dimensional. At least I do. I try to image the space in front of me living on a canvas and what I am staring at is really just a flat piece of stretched cloth with different colors of paint brushed in every direction. sometimes I wonder how the artists can even walk - do they feel like they burst through the canvas just to reach another one with another image upon it.

I am editing a chapter with Georgiana and I am mindful she is a true musical artist. She thinks in terms used in music. It was a fun scene to write and I, again, hope I did not overdo it.

So music to my ears really is music to Georgiana's ears. I have no special talent except perhaps happiness. I am a happy person even when I wish to be angry. I try to see inside a person, even those that have hurt me in countless ways. Maybe I am just a Jane. I allow for a person's character or background to shape their actions. While I may not agree with what they do, I at least seek understanding of why. Such as my Caroline story. Once you get to there core of the reason someone acts they way they do, then you can be patient, understanding, sympathetic and at times you can even respond is the most successful ways.

So, if someone wants to get close to Georgiana, they would begin by tapping into her true nature - music. Remember, you read it here first!

till tomorrow.

Sorry this was so late, but my mother's voice over the phone this morning was the music to my ears.