Let's play, he thought, if it worked before with my voice, it will work now without it! With the baton in his right hand, his left hand open, palm facing upward, he incites the voices of the audience. They understand instantly, after all, they are an audience educated in the arts of music, and even if not in classical, everyone has heard Freddy Mercury's concert! By modulating the intensity with his left hand and the tone with his right, he makes the people speak! Applause! Who needs vocal cords, after all? Communication is done with the body — the first
lesson in the conductor’s course! He turns back to the orchestra. Silence falls. How beautiful is the silence before the beginning of a piece.
Everyone in the orchestra has their eyes fixed on him, while the audience will be more interested in tracing where a particular passage comes from, searching for the oboe, the flute, identifying the sound of the xylophone, delighting in the aria of the violin. And at his command, the music begins! Elena Beatriz Tomasel, Membro efetivo da SPPA (Sociedade Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre) Just as he was about to address the assembled guests, he lost his voice, and silence fell. And, along with the silence, surprise. After all, Ênio had always been the one to speak. He spoke for himself and for everyone, and at that moment, his voice failed him. He had much to say about all the years they had lived there together. He had been the courageous one from the beginning, and therefore represented the work group. However, today, his voice was meant to say goodbye. He was deeply moved by the farewell party organized by his colleagues, most of whom were already friends. He was moved by both joy and sadness. He had received the gifts, and now, looking at the friends present and the gifts friends had given him, he did not know what to say. Orlando had brought a fishing rod, and he thought: fishing? Is this all I have left? To learn to fish? Of course, I could use my time for things I have neglected until now, but is that what I want. "Speak! Speak! Speak!" "Speech! Speech! Speech!" Everyone was shouting.
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