what do you think about the expression on his face?

i'm working on this charles ives piece called "the housatonic at stockbridge"

it has a lot of hymn tunes, i always want to sing it really lightly, but my teacher made me support it more, which makes it actually sound less strained than when i try to sing it like a little girl. it's pretty low; i was trying to make it sound like it was in my middle register. i wish i had time to really dig into its interpretation before juries tomorrow. oh well.

i'm reading this book, the drama of the gifted child. it's quite a tear jerker for me. it's written by a psychologist, talking about parents who can't give their child a certain kind of emotional support. and how, if you were a child like that, there's nothing you can do about it now. as anne marie says, "there are all kinds of things that can keep a person from expressing his or her true self." and that truth is so necessary for any performance.