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The flicker of a smile from the unsmiling man

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The flicker of a smile from the unsmiling man

Shostakovich is a personal hero of mine. He walked a tightrope between the Gulag and compromise in the vortex of Stalinist Russia. But more than that, his music has brought me consolation, invigoration, provocation, and perplexity. Sometimes all at once.…

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As Anselm of Canterbury so wisely described his outlook:

“fides quaerens intellectum”

which, being interpreted, means
Faith Seeking Understanding

I have faith, I always seek, I occasionally understand.

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