Perfect Blind
"Because violinists know about possession. About being possessed by the music, by the composer, by the bow. They understand that the self is… optional. That you can be a vessel. Empty, and therefore perfect."
She walked to a case in the corner. Opened it. A violin inside, old, valuable. She didn’t touch it. Just looked.
"Y-3—her real name was Zhang Lili—she wanted to be possessed. She wanted to disappear into the music. I helped her. I taught her that the Zhang Lili who wanted to be seen, who wanted applause, who wanted love—that Zhang Lili was vulgar. Obscene. But the vessel, the empty body that moved the bow… that was art. That was pure."
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