This week
on the blog: The blogger is
on vacation this week. here's something
originally from Monday, February
4, 2019
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I'm Bored! |
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Not being a
mother, I don't have access to the
official book of things to say to your
children in every situation, and
thus I don't know what page it is on.
But I'm sure it's in there somewhere.
When your child complains that they
are bored, you say "no, you are
boring."
They may have
updated the book since, because that
seems a little unnecessarily cruel for
this enlightened era, but it may have
some redemptive sting in it after all.
Being unable to either provide your
own external stimulus or (gasp) even
being able to find sufficient stimulus
in the workings of your own mind is a
skill, and it ought to be cultivated;
otherwise, you risk being bored a lot.
At least, you
used to. These days there are screens
everywhere and access to thousands of
entertainment options. It would seem
that the likelihood of being bored has
gone down. But then, the tolerance for
being able to deal with even a short
period of non-entertainment has gone
down with it, so there is still a
grave risk that at some point a young
mind may not know what to do with
itself.
I was a child
before the days of the internet and
even the IPOD was a new and expensive
commodity so...
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On deadline
from August 8, 2018
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Somebody asked
me the other day if I just
played the piano for fun.
Having found out that I am a
professional musician it
occurred to her to wonder
whether I ever approached the
instrument the way an amateur
would, simply to derive
enjoyment from the playing and
not care if and when the piece
was ready for prime
time--perhaps not even to get
that worked up over mistakes
that would not be cited in the
paper.
My answer?
sort of. Then I elaborated.
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