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La Maja just so happens to have inspired another piece of music hugely important to the guitar repertoire. La Maja de Goya was written by Enrique Granados, who was a huge fan of Goya's work. It was originally written for voice and piano, but the guitar arrangement has probably eclipsed the original

Works for solo guitar like this one are quite unknown relative to much of the rest of classical music, so it is very gratifying to share it with others.

El Sueno de la Razon Produce Monstruo s (The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters) may be familiar to some of you. It is one of the more famous of Francisco de Goya's 80 satirical engravings of Los Caprichos. I bring it up partly because it is a striking work of art in its own right, but mostly to both

One of my favorites in their catalogue.

Check out this guy (if you have not already seen him): An absolute master with a heart of gold.

And there are differences as well. I can safely say that I love both, although I only have mastery of classical.

If anyone is looking for new music to listen to, here is something I can be almost sure you have not heard: www.youtube.com The greatest guitar duo alive, IMO. Enjoy!

For something that I assume would never fly, it seems like it would be better to go with a more traditional diamond shaped single line kite. That way it would hang flat on the wall. It's almost like it's daring you to go out and fly it. 'Stunt' kites with two lines are a great deal of fun... just do