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Sound & Sense: An Open Thread

Simple is hard, hindsight is exile, five-finger exercises are fun — and what are you thinking about?

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Sally Thomas
Sep 16, 2025
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Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Erato and Euterpe (Study), before 1867. (Wikimedia Commons)
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