I'm in much the same place with my guitar playing. I feel as though I'm mostly plunking right now, but every now and then the door opens a little and I let some actual music come in. we're in an important part of the process, learning our chops, and then the real music can come once we've learned the technical stuff. This is a discouraging part of the program, I'll certainly attest to that. But I have faith that if we keep on trudging through the mechanics, the art will appear.

It's mostly about freedom, and that is such a fascinating combination of structure and air...

Here's to prying ourselves loose a bit and letting some soaring occur.

WW