BSM

What a weekend!! Brian Stokes Mitchell (who goes by "Stokes" btw) came to BYU to do a concert. Well, he also did a master class that was basically 2 1/2 straight hours of genius.
Some of my favorite thoughts were:

Be a connoisseur of life.

Learn to be happy right now. If you wait to be happy until you have a Tony, you'll never be happy, because even if you do get one, the next day you still have to work!

Live artfully. You can be a great artist in whatever you do, always.

It's about the quest, not the goal.

After the class, everyone was going up to him and talking, taking pictures, etc. I figured he would be tired and appreciate me not going up and talking to him. (It doesn't really make sense...but it does to me.) Well, my mom dragged me over to him and I met him. He really is one of the most gracious, open people that I've ever been around. Afterward, I got brave, and as he was leaving, I asked him to sign my paper. I also told him how excited I was for his concert the next day, and that I was going for my birthday. He asked when it was, and wished me a happy birthday! Isn't that amazing?

His concert was delicious. I loved every minute of it, and you could tell that he did, too. When he closed with "Wheels of a Dream," I wanted to jump up and sing it with him. I will have to post our family picture when I can upload it. Afterward, we got to spend time with some of our favorite friends, the Southerlands. It was a dream night.

My little paper says,

"To Melinda

Dream!

Brian Stokes Mitchell"

It's perfect.