The Bone Player William Sidney Mount Museum of Fine Arts, Boston These poems, stories, songs, quote, and art have been gathered from all over the world, partly via FIDDLE-L, an online list for fiddlers and those who love fiddle music. dhebert@crocker.com

To Speak with No Words by Jeremy Wilmer I play so that I can speak with no words. I learn tunes so I'll begin to know what is said. I play with others to explore the implications of what is said. I improvise to find something that I can say. I write to remember what I've said. I play with others what I've written to see their reflection upon what I've said, and its reflection upon them. But mostly I play so that I can speak with no words. It is something to say that one has spoken with no words. © Jeremy Wilmer, Cambridge, MA