tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28566408.post4629352422749666903..comments2023-10-16T10:58:09.598-05:00Comments on Milly's Muse: Emile PandolfiMGWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04211283138512238855noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28566408.post-83060179976165230642013-03-25T21:47:29.382-05:002013-03-25T21:47:29.382-05:00I would hate either one, but would rather be deaf....I would hate either one, but would rather be deaf. Talk about awful though. I love music!Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17197599882756386184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28566408.post-79987910864018652052013-03-25T12:26:31.542-05:002013-03-25T12:26:31.542-05:00I've never been asked actually, but I'm wi...I've never been asked actually, but I'm with Donna above. You can pretty much live "normally" if you couldn't hear than if you couldn't see.<br /><br />And arguably, being deaf doesn't mean you can't hear music. Well you can't listen to a concert but you can hear music in your head. In primary school, I shocked a music teacher when I said I didn't know what was the big deal about Beethoven being deaf. I wasn't dissing his genius -- he was, still is, one of my favourite composers -- but what I didn't know how to express as a child then, was that he certainly heard music even if his eardrums didn't work.<br /><br />Do you remember long ago Emily made cassette recordings of Will singing Wolfie's Song? The cassette has been long lost in our moves, and in any case, with all the music coming in MP3s and iPods, I haven't even got anything that can play a cassette tape anymore. But I still hear that song in my head. Like I hear Alfie Boe now, even without plugging in the iPod. But then of course, I heard Alfie Boe once and it never left my head. It would be a different story if I'd never been able to hear him.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16171805860206410117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28566408.post-67911622076946020042013-03-24T18:26:38.924-05:002013-03-24T18:26:38.924-05:00If I had to choose, I would choose deafness over b...If I had to choose, I would choose deafness over blindness because you can still live a fairly normal life if you are deaf (my poor husband is getting more hard of hearing every day, it scares me). I think if I were deaf I would play songs in my head, and sing them, from memory. I do that anyway. It wouldn't be the same, of course, but there is a lot of music in my head.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.com