#SongoftheDay Ah fors’è lui from La Traviata (Nadine Sierra)
I could faint from the beauty of this voice. It makes me weak.
Opera reminds me of all the big feeling I used to have that I don't seem to have anymore. I don't know if it's menopause, caregiving, or being chronically ill (or all of those things put together), but I often feel that forces that used to drive me (sex, love, jealousy, etc) aren't that relevant anymore. Elements of my emotional life that were so key to my decision-making for years are lost and gone and I don't even care.
I'm not saying I don't love my partner--I love him more than anyone else on the planet. But we spend so much time being ill and caring for one another that I wouldn't say it's that overblown, all-encompassing romance you see at the opera. It used to be, but it's not anymore.
Maybe I'm supposed to say I miss being driven by sex and love and jealousy, but I don't think that's true. Those are all still elements of my life and my emotional makeup, but they're no longer making all my decisions for me.
Opera reminds me of all the big feeling I used to have that I don't seem to have anymore. I don't know if it's menopause, caregiving, or being chronically ill (or all of those things put together), but I often feel that forces that used to drive me (sex, love, jealousy, etc) aren't that relevant anymore. Elements of my emotional life that were so key to my decision-making for years are lost and gone and I don't even care.
I'm not saying I don't love my partner--I love him more than anyone else on the planet. But we spend so much time being ill and caring for one another that I wouldn't say it's that overblown, all-encompassing romance you see at the opera. It used to be, but it's not anymore.
Maybe I'm supposed to say I miss being driven by sex and love and jealousy, but I don't think that's true. Those are all still elements of my life and my emotional makeup, but they're no longer making all my decisions for me.
As a side note, I once wrote a book based on an opera. I loved this book, but it remains the worst-selling book I've ever written.
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