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July 10, 2018

Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back

Two Steps Forward and Three Steps Back
Clothing sizes. Politicians. Cats. What do these three things have in common? Inconsistency. No offense to cats, which I love, but they don’t exactly have a consistent way of treating people. These three unrelated objects are often annoying or even harmful when they are inconsistent. We fall under this category too. Whether it be our relationships or our commitments, we have been inconsistent at some point in our lives.

July 05, 2018

Become the Music

Become the Music
If a student is detached from their music, there is no music. If they play enough times without passion, they develop a habit of detachment. Eventually, the student is merely pressing black and white plastic keys for half an hour every day.