Saturday, July 19, 2014

Learning to Play Again


So here it is.  I’m reclaiming my creativity.  I’ve started with writing, but I’ve also began singing and playing the piano again. 

What is it that makes us stray from our natural desire to express? Certainly it’s easier when there aren’t so many things to juggle.  My daily agenda not only involves getting to work or to teach, but also getting two small children fed, prepped, and ready.   Children require vast amounts of time and energy. Then we naturally start to put all of our focus on calibrating their lives rather than our own. 

Carving out time to listen to good music or make music or find a perfect poetic turn of phrase is necessary for me.  Actually, I’m not sure why I didn’t think of it before--

I’ve been looking up songs on YouTube, and discovering there are piano tutorials. I can barely read music, but I can pick up a tune if you show me the chords.  YouTube is my godsend.  Now, I just have to shell out some cash to get this old piano tuned.  100 bucks and YouTube.  I may once again feel like an artist.  Okay, maybe not,  but I will feel like I reclaimed an old part of me.

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