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Learn A New Word, See It Within 24 Hours (3)

Jeff Ostrowski · January 13, 2012

In the past, I’ve commented on the fact that when one encounters a new word, one will see it again within 24 hours. This phenomenon continues in my life constantly. It can be anything: a famous person, an item like “pedialyte,” etc.

Recently, I was speaking to a friend who was going through the Latin Graduale Romanum with me. He pointed out the Christmas Morning Mass (“Mass at Dawn”) and reminded me that “aurora” means “dawn” in Latin. Within 24 hours, I saw it again. Click here to see.

There is another phenomenon I’ve observed. Clicking the link above, you will notice that Badura-Skoda mentions the Beethoven “Waldstein” Sonata (4th movement). I’ve noticed that whenever my mind sees a word it instantly recalls the music. No matter how long it has been since I have heard that particular movement, my brain instantly starts “inwardly” replaying the music as soon as my eyes read the title. I have always found this interesting.

I have been quite ill this week, but I hope to find time to add a blog about Josef Hofmann before too long. As many of you know, Hofmann’s art has been a passion of mine since I was very young. (This entry would not be related to Catholic music, by the way. This would simply be commenting on great art.)

Opinions by blog authors do not necessarily represent the views of Corpus Christi Watershed.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Learn a new word see it within 24 hours Last Updated: January 1, 2020

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Jeff Ostrowski holds his B.M. in Music Theory from the University of Kansas (2004). He resides with his wife and children in Los Angeles.—(Read full biography).

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    Vespers Booklet, 3rd Sunday of Lent
    The organ accompaniment I created for the 3rd Sunday of Lent (“Extraordinary Form”) may now be downloaded, if anyone is interested in this.
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    Listening to this Easter Alleluia—an SATB arrangement I made twenty years ago based on the work of Monsignor Jules Van Nuffel—one of our readers left this comment: “I get tears in my eyes each time I sing to this hymn.” I hope this person is weeping for joy!
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