21 May 2006

memory

I'd been working on memorizing my exam pieces for the past week and tonight saw the fruits of my efforts. Playing with nothing before me, I look without seeing and can thus concentrate on senses other than sight. Solutions and nuances emerged in every piece from passages I had practiced countless times all year. I was right, Geert was right--I just needed to put the preference for playing by heart into practice.

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