Meditations in an Emergency

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“Mrs. Meigs at the Piano Organ” (1883), William Merritt Chase

Wednesday night after dinner, stomach full of red curry takeout, I’m lying on the couch, listening to Bach, specifically the Icelandic pianist Vikingur Ólafsson’s Bach album, this track:

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