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Description:After four decades of experience as a psychoanalyst and psychologist, I was approaching the age when my friends and contemporaries were considering retirement and next chapters, and I, too, began to wonder what might replace my professional work. Knowing myself to be someone with a lot of energy and commitment, I knew it would be important to find something stimulating and engaging to replace my full-time profession.As a first step, and in consideration of my previous interests, I decided to return to music studies. Having played piano as a child but no longer drawn to that particular instrument, I chose to explore a string instrument. For a while, I basked in the fantasy of mastering a lyrical repertoire. However, thoughts about the viability of my learning a string instrument so late in life were quickly swept away as life took hold and pushed me in a different direction for a while. Some months later, as I once again pondered the image of myself without work, the desire for a musical quest returned and I resolved to take up the cello, more as a way of anticipating and preparing myself for retirement. I then found a teacher who encouraged me to think of my musical studies as a journey, an odyssey into uncharted and unfamiliar physical and mental territories.As part of my daily ritual, I was persuaded to keep both a lesson journal to record important teachings from my lessons and a practice record to notate my weekly plans, objectives, and progress. In addition, I decided to keep a diary of my musical voyage, including personal thoughts and ideas, concerts attended, and all music-related activities. I wanted to document and archive this new learning for myself, hoping for fresh insights and self-discovery.While fully prepared for a novel and inspiring adventure, I certainly wasn’t ready for the path upon which I found myself nor the transformative impact it had on me. I could never have foreseen all the shifts and changes, openings and new beginnings, accidents and celebrations, that followed.So, I decided to share this journey with fellow music learners and peers who were also struggling and navigating new terrain in which their sure-footedness was no longer guaranteed. Recognizing later life is often accompanied by challenges and losses, not least of which is the diminishment of pleasure associated with physical ageing, I felt and continue to feel my cello experience isn’t necessarily unique. I’m convinced of the timelessness of self-discovery and the power of perseverance in the face of challenges. And it’s this awakening of personal desire and the hope to share it with others that inspired the writing of my memoir, Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time. To get started finding Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: After four decades of experience as a psychoanalyst and psychologist, I was approaching the age when my friends and contemporaries were considering retirement and next chapters, and I, too, began to wonder what might replace my professional work. Knowing myself to be someone with a lot of energy and commitment, I knew it would be important to find something stimulating and engaging to replace my full-time profession.As a first step, and in consideration of my previous interests, I decided to return to music studies. Having played piano as a child but no longer drawn to that particular instrument, I chose to explore a string instrument. For a while, I basked in the fantasy of mastering a lyrical repertoire. However, thoughts about the viability of my learning a string instrument so late in life were quickly swept away as life took hold and pushed me in a different direction for a while. Some months later, as I once again pondered the image of myself without work, the desire for a musical quest returned and I resolved to take up the cello, more as a way of anticipating and preparing myself for retirement. I then found a teacher who encouraged me to think of my musical studies as a journey, an odyssey into uncharted and unfamiliar physical and mental territories.As part of my daily ritual, I was persuaded to keep both a lesson journal to record important teachings from my lessons and a practice record to notate my weekly plans, objectives, and progress. In addition, I decided to keep a diary of my musical voyage, including personal thoughts and ideas, concerts attended, and all music-related activities. I wanted to document and archive this new learning for myself, hoping for fresh insights and self-discovery.While fully prepared for a novel and inspiring adventure, I certainly wasn’t ready for the path upon which I found myself nor the transformative impact it had on me. I could never have foreseen all the shifts and changes, openings and new beginnings, accidents and celebrations, that followed.So, I decided to share this journey with fellow music learners and peers who were also struggling and navigating new terrain in which their sure-footedness was no longer guaranteed. Recognizing later life is often accompanied by challenges and losses, not least of which is the diminishment of pleasure associated with physical ageing, I felt and continue to feel my cello experience isn’t necessarily unique. I’m convinced of the timelessness of self-discovery and the power of perseverance in the face of challenges. And it’s this awakening of personal desire and the hope to share it with others that inspired the writing of my memoir, Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time. To get started finding Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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