Archive for February, 2007
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
Longing for Effortless Mastery
One of the books I’m currently reading is Effortless Mastery, by jazz pianist and teacher Kenny Werner. He explains his understanding that in order to achieve mastery of one’s chosen instrument, one must reach a state where the music can flow freely and effortlessly. He points to Vladimir Horowitz, Bill Evans — and one might add, himself — […]
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Saturday, February 10th, 2007
L’art de toucher le clavecin
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See the debate my pedantic title caused on the photo’s Flickr page. Sorry!
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Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Intervention
Self-imposed, so not really an Intervention at all.
I’ve taken up jazz piano accompaniment, soup-making, reading (ooh, remember that?), yoga (a reluctant return) and job-hunting.
I am shunning most (argh, not all) of the sites listed in the previous post.
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
addiction — the first step is acknowledging
I have to reluctantly admit reluctantly that I spend more time than is healthy reading a bunch of websites that really aren’t all that important. It’s become compulsive, honed through years of habit. In itself it’s not destructive, but right now, it’s not where I need to be. I’m not the only one to experience this internet […]
