Coming to Life!
Tomorrow, I swear I'll do it. I've left it long enough. "IT" has been staring me in the face since the week before Christmas when I got sick and I can't win this staring contest! "IT" is sitting immobile in the heavy black case on the computer/nature room floor with no life in it whatsoever and I must do something to revive it very soon! In fact, today's the day I've decided to make it happen.
My guitar is coming out of its case! I am going to slip on a thumb pick and just start strumming to whatever song comes to me. I need to practise my chording and build up those callouses on my fingers once again. That's a slow process which takes a few weeks. The cute songs I play for Gr. 1, 2, and 3 music classes will be rehearsed several times before I am ready to go and visit the kids I haven't seen since the end of first term. My confidence must be re-built and allow me to enter that familiar room.
Can I do it? Will I even remember all their names?
Wish me luck!
Mother of Invention, hearing the kids' favourite song, "Peace Like a River", over and over in my head!
What will you bring to life today?!
posted by Mother of Invention at 8:07 AM
5 Comments:
Good luck!
I love acoustic guitar music - play loudly so I can hear it.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Of course you can do it. There's nothing more healing than music! As for me, I'm attempting to get over a Bach block, as I learn a Bach sonata to play with my double bass-player friend Deborah. I played the piano in our auditorium at lunchtime and saw a slight bit of improvement. Then I finished with Body and Soul, which is hard in a different way, but sent me humming back to work.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Barbara: "Bach Block!" I love it! Do you play a lot with other people?
Music is very uplifting for me too, both listening and playing. I actually listen to a Jazz station from Toronto a lot. I also loved the music from Riverdance ans saw the production. Haven't been to see a great musical for awhile. Hmmm! Wonder what's out there?
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Teri: I'm strumming down hard on the D chord right now! Most of the kids' songs are not that difficult, thank goodness! I can always fool them...they just love it! If only I didn't have to do so many blood sugar tests on my fingertips! Gotta talk to B.B. King about how he saves his fingers to jam!!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
I play mostly with my friend Deborah who plays the double bass. We are going to Chautauqua (NY) for a week of chamber music classes in July. It's intense but a lot of fun.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
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