We’d like to include your words in this year’s Telluride Bluegrass printed program…
In past years, we’ve included Festivarians’ memories, haikus, “blue” items, etc., on the bottom of each page in the program. This year we’d like to share what the yinjo-yangdolin means to you as a Festivarian.
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A bit of background… The yinjo-yangdolin is our longtime icon of two string instruments in a circle, similar to a yin-yang. It represents how two opposite ideas are actually interconnected; how duality and contrast create balance and harmony.
This idea appears throughout the festival:
The heat and sun of a day on the tarp vs. the chills of night in the campground
The trad acoustic bluegrass of Rhonda Vincent vs the funky electric R&B of Janelle Monae
Killer flank steak vs a Greek salad
Rookie Festivarians vs 30-year veterans
flip flops vs winter hat
Sam’s 41st year vs Lau’s Colorado debut
We’d like to hear your own examples of festival opposites that create balance and harmony. From the stage to the campgrounds to the tarps to the town to… Be poetic, personal, colorful, and fun.
Post as many as you like below. For the purpose of including these in the printed program, please limit each of your examples to 15 words. Otherwise, be as free and creative as you can. We’ll print as many as possible throughout this year’s Telluride Bluegrass program.
Sound fun? And totally confusing? That’s the yinjo’s true nature… :rolleyes
We’re excited to read what you come up with! :thumbsup
Living 51 weeks a year where just a few people in my life get why I love bluegrass, to spend 7 days with 10,000+ people who are obsessed with it, and somehow it balances perfectly.