This semester is ending soon. Thankfully I leave it with both excitement and a hint of sadness. I actually don't really want to leave my school routine. I feel that this semester I have learned so much and grown in so many ways because of my professors, the courses I took, and the school I'm at. However I am more than excited to see what next semester has in store, as well as to have some more time on my hands to work on my guitar playing over christmas, with no assignments to interrupt it.
The paradox that I've come up against this semester is that I've come out of many of my classes feeling both far more knowledgeable and far more inexperienced. However I'm not discouraged, I realize this is normal for someone studying a discipline as vast and broad as music. I am only sad that I have but one lifetime to learn what I can within it. For now I'm content to scratch the surface, and I look forward to digging deeper.
I think that's how you know you're in exactly the right place. =)
ReplyDeleteLots of people say that the more you know, the more you realize you don't know. And that's totally the case with music, hey? Lots of people say they like music, but as you start to really dig into it as a lifestyle and a discipline, you realize that everything you know is just scratching the surface. I think that's where it starts to get really exciting. =)
I'm looking forward to hearing more about your deeper diggings next semester!
(PS - I was talking to Don, and he was saying some really great things about you and your Schoenberg presentation! Wtg!)
It's so true! also those kinds of discoveries push you to explore new areas of your discipline that are more intricate (so long as you aren't afraid to step out and do new things that will push you).
ReplyDeleteThanks! That is so good to hear. I want to be as professional as possible and its awesome to hear that he is proud of me =]
With a good attitude like you have you'll have a great second semester.
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