{"id":897,"date":"2016-10-20T20:24:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silkroad.guilford.edu\/?p=897"},"modified":"2016-10-20T20:24:30","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:24:30","slug":"symbiosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/projects\/silkroad\/silkworms\/symbiosis\/","title":{"rendered":"SYMBIOSIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coming back, I think we all feel a pressure to have some sort of solid work to present.\u00a0 As the Silk Worm, I do not feel that stress but I am waiting anxiously to see where we are headed.\u00a0 I trust that the members of my group will come through.\u00a0 From the beginning, I think my group members and I imagined this project to be much more elaborate than it is.\u00a0 When we (the Silk Worms, Eric, Zhihong, and Tierney) broke it down the other week, we were all able to breathe a little more easily.\u00a0 It is always best to make things as least complicated as possible.
\nThat said, while awaiting for the research my team gathered, I was quite inspired by the content of this weeks readings.\u00a0 The readings focused around music along the Silk Road and the convergence of culture.\u00a0 What struck a chord with me was the clips of Abigail Washburn performing.\u00a0 Abigail Wahburn is a world renowned singer and banjo player who also has a background in Chinese.\u00a0 I became aware of her and her work after listening to an ON BEING<\/a> episode.\u00a0 ON BEING with Krista Tippett is a wonderful podcast that explores what it means to be human in modern day.\u00a0 This particular episode starred Abigail Washburn and her husband, Bele Fleck.\u00a0 Although it was not specifically about Abigail’s travels and music performed in China, it focused in the bridging of past and present and different peoples through music.\u00a0 I found a really neat video that reflects this:
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