Confidence in our Imaginations

I think human kind has a confidence issue right now.  We hide behind our screens at work and our passions behind the desks that we are employed at.  We have become too isolated in our own little worlds.  No one knows where the world is headed, everybody has little confidence for bright futures.  People are grim.  I tell people of my joy on what has happened in the Middle East and they shoot me down with that it is all going to go to hell.

People never know what's behind the curtain, they just see the show.  The show they see is a crazy dictator killing his own people, not listening.  People need to listen more, listen to music more, listen to each other's music more.  Become confident in what music they listen too and speak up as to how they interpret it.

I teach the cello and my biggest issue with all of my students is that the do not use enough BOW!  Essentially it is the equivalent to jumping into the pacific ocean without a life jacket for a 9 year old.  But here is the thing, they know how to use the bow, they know how to express themselves, they just do not want to show this.  They are afraid of what I might say, they are afraid of their voice - afraid to reach out to their inner child that run and plays on a swing-set.  I fractured my left shoulder cause I was a careless 6 year old going down a slide.  NO!  I was not careless, I had imagination, and sometimes imagination - ideas all hurt at some point.  Taking your inner confidence and moving into deep waters unknown is scary.  There are a lot of bumps in the road.

To those who read my blog, which is not many right now at least, I implore you to keep imagination in your life.  To jump into the unknown.  Do not get bogged down by the daily routine.  Keep faith that there is good out there, and to not be afraid of what is happening - the change.  People are uprising - and fast...do not be afraid, DO NOT BE AFRAID.

In the end, with a little inspiration, with a little motivation, a spirit of "YES WE CAN", people react to that -we saw it with Obama (who unfortunately has lost his love of imagination, or someone took from him).  What my student did tonight, when I told her to just RIPPPP!!!!! into her cello - I don't think I have heard such beauty out of a 1/2 size rental cello made my the arms of a robot in China.

We need to lift and help each other in this world.  It is becoming small, and it is becoming small fast.  These uprisings are showing that yes we do care, we do care for our neighbor and love each other.  We just need to listen more and become more vocal.

Confidence.