a day in the life of piano monkey

http://youtu.be/ZhN0RRlLhDg 1. doing one's best does not equate to doing whatever one may do. 2. this polar vortex thing should be called polar PMS. so demanding. so unreasonable. 3. tell people that you love them. after coupla months, my granny often waits till i say 'i love you' before we wrap up the daily conversation. hehe. so nice. 4. before saying 'well, someone liked it,' see if you also liked it.  it is okay to like one's own doing. 5. being methodical and practiced will lead one to be free and expressive. spending one's money however one wants can only result from sane financial planning + execution. 6. playing beautifully written music does not guarantee one to play beautiful. sigh. 7. free things are never free. better to make careful observation then pay the agreeable price. responsible purchasing/contracting.  nothing more futile than making shitty purchase then having to taking it back... 8. what do i need to ma

winter landscape near a village, c. 1610-15. hendrick avercamp,  oil on panel, museum of fine arts, boston http://youtu.be/zCafDY483fU the difficult month of feburary just left the driveway and we all breathed out a long sigh with relief. shortest month of the year, however, in north america, this year's february has been particularly brutal, full of snow, sludge and heavy ceiling sky with opaque, grey low clouds. no end of grey. unlike the spring rain, which leaves a hint of echo, fragmented silence with each drop, the snow kept coming, muting the deafening silence of stasis, death and melancholy- waking many pensive memories from the past: the things that no longer are, the people who no longer are, the person i wanted to be... perhaps the rare bright sunshine over the lake ontario this afternoon is seeking forgiveness.  from ourselves. from failing ourselves. from grieving ourselves. my parents are going through difficult times with their business. a friend left th