thanks so much for all your support and loving observations!!!
I feel good! I was thinking about different ways to reach out next. It seems like asking him for help/advice has worked, and so has showing him the youtube clip from a really cool music movie.
I thought I would wait a bit to give him a chance to reach out to me, and then maybe email him a clip from this awesome documentary about gypsy music. And/or email/call him asking for advice about my chamber music group. He has a lot of experience in chamber music & is also very skilled at dealing with difficult people
Down the road I had an idea that I could even ask him to help me go cello shopping around Christmas or something, when I could conceivably be in NYC, since he seemed to be so excited about talking about instrument shopping.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I think him telling me that he cried watching a movie (that I recommended) is pretty friggin' vulnerable of him!
So I'm thinking... wait a week-ish? then send an email? then wait a week, and then call and ask for advice?? I want to keep reopening the connection but without smothering. I will go with my feeling...
