2 #2 pencils.

Last night I tried to come up with a logical (“logical” for me can be easily be “schizophrenic” for a normal person) portrayal of a guitar neck notes –> to piano –> to musical notes.  In my attempt not to have a look of dyslexic Armenian person reading Latin while looking at the guitar, I figured that if I transcribe it through piano, I might get a better comprehension.  I grabbed one of Anna’s / Louisa’s (that’s a touchy subject, who they belonged to) pencils and put something together in 30-40 minutes, which felt like a eureka moment, but I wasn’t in a bathtub.

Then I started thinking, well, maybe not right then, but a little later, why do pencils mostly come in yellow color and are mostly number #2?  So, after a research, which turned out pretty boring answers, now I know why (some company in Austria-Hungary introduced at the end of 19th century came up with the color, #2 has to do with the hardness of the lead, bla-bla).  The only interesting point for me was that the word “pencil” comes from Latin, meaning “little tail”.  I used to use pencils, even had a few dozen sharp ones on my desk, but got away from that habit (always want to write habit with two B’s).

On an unrelated note, Samuel Barber’s Adagio for strings is a magnificent piece of music: