Laurie Anderson
Piano Lessons
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Good girl. What a good girl. Thank you! Wow, Lolie...
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When Lolabelle went blind, Elizabeth decided it was time for her to learn piano. So we set up some keyboards on the floor, and she would run over and turn them on, and start to play. Lolabelle played every day for two years. And she got reasonably good
She was trained with a little clicker that Elizabeth used
She also played more experimental music. And she used some of the same programs and samples that I use
She also did a lot of benefit concerts for other animals. And for various animal rights organisations
She also made a Christmas record, which was, pretty good...
One of my favourite paintings is by Goya. And it doesn't look like his other work at all. It's a huge gold void. Except, at the bottom, there's a little dog. And you see only his head. And he seems to be climbing a steep hill. Or maybe he's swimming by himself, in a gold ocean