Heidi Plays

They learn by imitation: so, so true. I was tempted to add a Bach prelude as the soundtrack to this post (you know, so it looked like she was a 1 year old prodigy), but...maybe for April Fool's day.

The best is watching her go and choose a piece of music, then climb up the bench while still hanging on to the music--it's a pretty tall bench too, which always makes me nervous with our hard floors...anyway.

I have so many thoughts when she plays: about the way small children learn, about how they are more free to be creative the more that they have a structured idea of something to imitate and repeat. About what a life of playing the piano has meant to me, and my relationships with the people and institutions I commune with. About how I'm going to raise children as a piano teacher--or teach piano as a mother: how the two will relate and especially what it will mean for my family.