music

"A verbal art like poetry is reflective. It stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become." - W.H. Auden

Whenever I feel like my mind needs a reset button, I sit down and play piano. I'm not the most brilliant pianist in the world, but I love to play. There's something so relaxing about just losing yourself in the notes. When I was a kid, I hated practicing. My mom would force me to sit for the 1/2 hour a day that my piano teacher insisted on. It wasn't until college that I fell in love with my piano. There were times I would lock myself in the music department overnight and just play. I'd play anything. Of course, being a piano minor made the 1/2 hour a day rehearsal time as a kid feel like the blink of an eye. If I wasn't rehearsing for a show, 4 hours was my minimum per night.

I'm not as good as I used to be, but I still love it. Not that it's easy having a Dalmatian sitting on my feet as I try to peddle, but I make do. The good thing is my brother and I both have our own pianos at our house. Wonderful Clavinovas with very very good headphones so we don't have to fight over whose mind needs the reset more.