Today is the first of my creations that some would argue was not a creation. I made a conversation. Now, not all conversations are creations. Often conversations just happen of their own accord, with no effort. However, conversing with a stranger is a different story. Topics must be created and the conversation must be continued.
On Wednesday we went to a luau with all the other choirs and bands in the competition. We all wore the same kind of shirt in different colors. We were supposed to mingle, but I saw that everybody was sitting with people of the same colored shirts. I was getting pretty sick of my choir by this time, so I chose a big group of blue shirts (we were in pink) and asked if I could sit with them. They were a very friendly wind ensemble from Mountain View High School. I met a boy named Neal (clarinet) and a girl named Erica (bassoon). Here’s a picture my mom sneaked of me amidst the blue-shirts:
We talked about: college, languages (Neal speaks 6, 4 Indian dialects, English, and Spanish), differences between choir and band, our towns, and Hawaii. But my favorite part was when we talked about Zoroastrianism, the first monotheistic religion. It’s existentialist, morally relative, and apparently super racist.
My favorite quote of the conversation was from Neal: “The existence of God doesn’t matter in the bigger picture.”
They were a nice group and they even gave me a pencil!
