height of the craft

Somewhat of an addendum to what I like in a person. Today at work I'm listening to Nina Simone's Montreux Years. Her performances in Montreal, particularly the one in 1976, are widely regarded as some of the greatest jazz performances of all time. They're loaded with emotional highs and lows, passion and pain that can only stem from a life as difficult yet fantastic as hers. I find myself listening to albums while I work for basically the entire day, front to back, a big change from my usual habits of single songs and playlists. I think taking in music in it's proper form, so to speak, makes me feel a little more like I'm an active part of it rather than just picking and choosing what I like from the periphery. Having a little art in my day has been my saving grace of the summer so far. Last night, I was watching the Habs at Hurricanes game while on the phone chatting away, and it clicked a little for me why I love watching certain sports so much when every other interest of mine…