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𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐏

(Click the link above to the Facebook post and its extensive comments.)

You all know I’m not a brass player (I did own a trombone for a few years once, though.) Before I decided to really advocate for women in classical music, brass players and brass playing didn’t hold a lot of interest for me, if I’m to be honest. There often is a focus on “loudness” and “wall of sound” and “tone” and “big tone” all in isolation that usually adds up to very little of artistic value for me. I saw it as a realm of jocks without much of a vision. I’ve routinely heard of brass players saying they like to push the volume of sound in orchestras until the people in front of them hurt or they get the hand from the conductor, that this is a game they play. I’ve heard their wives wish them “play loud” before a concert in the way someone else might say “toi toi” or “break a leg.” But when I started focusing on the problems women face in classical music, the brass world assumed a much more prominent position in my interests. We see women exceptionally under-represented there, and more often than not absent instruments such as trumpet, trombone, tuba, and euphonium. Why? It’s not just all the excuses these Big Fancy Men of Brass have been giving us, and I hope you all are starting to see through the excuses.

Of course, thanks to Cara and now Claire who brought her allegations to light yesterday, we can all agree that the brass players committing drug rape, or abusing their power to perform sexual acts on 18-year-olds in hotel rooms are straight-up real bad. But what is also bad are the people who hold these men up. These bad men could not exist without this support. This includes other men, of course, but also women who have benefitted from being some of the “onlies” or “outliers of excellence."

For example, Demondrae Thurman. I’ve heard from so many people now that “they knew.” I’ve heard this even from people of significant power and influence who never reported him! Well, why on Earth have they said nothing? I can’t wrap my brain around it.

Additionally, Demondrae Thurman has been playing in the most lauded tuba/euphonium quartet apparently ever (I know that sounds like a joke, but it’s a thing.) He’s been playing with a guy named Mike Forbes, and everyone has read about Mike Forbes before and how he’s been “let go” from various institutions for significant sexual misconduct against students. The case is public:

https://casetext.com/case/hunt-v-forbes-2...

Yet, Thurman just played away with Forbes anyway. Let’s assume that Thurman is actually clean, and all these women are making this stuff up (which I don’t believe this for a second—I believe the women—but, just for the sake of argument for a moment.) Why would Thurman, a nice educator who plays his instrument so well and great, associate willingly with a guy like Forbes? It’s like, why would Joe Alessi play a concerto with Massimo La Rosa last summer? There is no reason for “good men” to be associating with these men who do bad things to students willingly—unless of course, they think themselves that it is okay. Let me say it again: So many of our most lauded BFM this this is okay. They are fine with it. And maybe more.

I saw some comments this morning that some trumpet guy from the Met thinks “my pendulum swings too far” and how some other trumpet guy from LAPhil/Colburn (which has virtually no women performance faculty and a significant history of covering up sexual misconduct against students) “agrees wholeheartedly.” Well, when your extra-orchestral professional associations basically exclude women, or you think you have to support your colleagues who have pictures of themselves on social media with the “shocker” hand gesture, glorifying non-consensual sexual acts on women, maybe you need to re-evaluate where your “pendulum” is swinging. Why, Brass Bros, are you still participating in things which exclude women? Haven’t you learned yet where this takes us? Not anywhere good, and very fast. Why would you willingly give support to men who make the sorts of mockeries of women and Black people we have seen? What good, what genius playing and teaching, could these men possibly be bringing the world which trumps these behaviors and justifies your rubber-stamping of it?

Maybe if the Brass Culture were one that included women in a real way, one which allowed more women to feel comfortable simply existing, the “artistic” focus of so many of these players would change for the positive as well. I might find myself more naturally drawn to brass playing, brass bands, brass compositions, and brass concerts. And I might not be so worried about hearing preservation. I’m wondering if it’s just me? Are all these so-called “great brass artists” all that great, really, if their humanity is so bankrupt? Regardless, the genre of brass playing will only improve artistically with a cultural change, one which allows all people, regardless of gender, to exist comfortably within it.

I leave you with a DM I received this morning which I felt needed to be separated from a Queen of Filth Digest. There is so much to be digested here, but maybe the biggest is, "𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠.” For those men who talk over women in every musical encounter or meeting and speak longer than everyone else, stop for a minute and read this:

𝘏𝘪 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴.

𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵…

𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 (𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯) 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘚. 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱?” 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴… 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴.

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 “𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱?” 𝘔𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘕𝘌𝘌𝘋 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 - 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 - 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 “𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘱?” 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 “𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴” 𝘮𝘢𝘯.

𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘺.” 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘦𝘴.

𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬. 𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴.