re-learn to play the piano

I took lessons for about five years, about five years ago. I stopped mostly because I didn’t have the time or the passion for it. But, I definitely want to pick it up again. There is something healing about making music, even if it’s not your own.

This also gets put on the back burner until I feel I want to do it. I’m concentrating on moving my life and career forward, and I know I’ll want to do this again later.

I was listening to teh first disc of Advent Children. I had forgotten just how powerful and fantastic Nobuo’s music can be (quite possibly because his quality has gone down a bit in recent years). The passionate piano pounding made me remember how irreplaceable the experience of being able to play is to me. I can arrange piano time. I just have to do it.

I just don’t have enough time at this point in my life to do this. I am still ok at playing the piano, I just don’t have the hours of free time that I had as a teenager to get as good at it as I once was.

I may leave it as a long term goal. I just don’t have the time at all right now.

When I first sat down at our piano a few weeks ago, I felt like I had lost my ability to play. However, after a couple times, I started to be able to play stuff again, kind of like my fingers remembered even if my brain didn’t. That was weird.

I hope I can someday play like I used to. Nowhere near a professional, but pretty good for someone who does this as a hobby.

I love the piano because it is a connection to all the musical people in my family. I feel like it kind of links me to them.