Resolution

[chimerically]

I know what I want to do with my free time and creative energies after I've stopped ballroom dancing. The epiphany hit while I was listening to the radio in the car -- it was one of those "driveway moments" when I couldn't tear myself away until the piece ended, even though I was squirming for a bathroom. When the piece did end, I wanted to cry

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[zestyping]

I am so happy that you have found passion!

Best of luck with the moody bastards (scratch that: the moody seventeen-fingered bastards...)

The idea of playing Rhapsody in Blue with you is still fabulously appealing. I know it's an old dream, and i am sorry for neglecting it, but it's a good one.

[chimerically]

I have neglected it as much as you have (if not more -- you organized those practices, what was it now, two springs ago? sheesh). And I do think it'd take quite a bit of practice to get it back in shape, at this point. But I'll get there! ...

[threadwalker]

Wonderful to rediscover that! But why stop dancing?

But then that's me. I always go for "all of the above", but I'm starting to realize even I can't advocate that all the time- it's hard to throw yourself fully into 17 or so things.

[chimerically]

I need time to let my back and feet recuperate, and now my partner is moving to New York anyway, and finding another partner would be a possibility sometime but not for a while ... but I do still want to teach and to social dance, so I won't give it up entirely. :~) It just won't take up the 15+ hours/week it used to.

[surpheon]

I didn't realize your partner is moving - seems like a doubly elegant time to take a hiatus in that case.

Piano seems like an excellent choice of pasttime. I somewhat regret I never learned to play piano. Even my stubby-fingered dad can play piano (although that apparently involved the best of the British teaching-by-long-rulers methods).

[chimerically]

Yep - he actually announced it after I announced my intentions to quit. But it works out pretty well.

[rubrick]

I've occasionally considered a similar choice, except that I have no neglected piano skills to return to. It's something I've always wanted to learn, but the idea of taking it up at my age is daunting. I certainly don't have the self-discipline to do it on my own.

[rebbyribs]

I keep thinking about getting a decent keyboard and going back to playing. I played 3 instruments growing up, all fairly well (ie taking lessons, practicing, and playing in ensembles for 6+ years), and piano was always the one I liked best. Especially after 10 years, it was so nice to walk in the front door, sit down, and be able to play for a while. I get pangs of piano-wanting everytime I go home and visit my mom's 9-foot grand.

[chimerically]

Ooh, a 9-foot grand ... *mouth waters* I miss my mom's baby grand, too -- I love its soft sound, and of course its keys feel the best of any piano since I learned on it. My aunt has a good baby grand too, but she teaches a lot and now I live pretty far from her ... but for my first semester here, I played it a lot.

[chimerically]

P.S. What else did you play? I also played violin, though as I said above it was always more stressful than piano. Maybe we could have a bab5 quartet. ;~)

[ternarybits]

Allegro this Saturday? =)