music

it's around 9.30am here.. and my partner is in the bedroom practicing piano. she is playing in c-minor.. and it sounds pretty good.

i'm reminded of my own music journey. i am still very grateful to myself for pushing through with the guitar when i was 16 years old. it opened up music from being mostly passive, to very much an active experience.

and while music so often still eludes me, frustrates me and sometimes just bores me... at the end of the day it never fails to amaze me.

the act of playing music is so encompassing. it's a hearing experience, it's visual in the way i see the fretboard with either my eyes or in my mind, it's cognitive.. it's touch. it's soul.

and sometimes when you're stuck on youtube, it's a very serious science.. but then you end up in a practice session with your uncles and there's nothing scientific about it.. it becomes an intimidating experience where you just hope you do not play the wrong note.

i still have much to learn and unlearn when it comes to music. and for everyone reading, it's always the right time to start or continue your music journey.