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This was one of my favorite solos when I was a young flutist working my way through 24 Short Concert Pieces. I think it was something about the style- the minor key, the ornaments, the key change.

I realized though, that I had never actually heard the accompaniment. I didn’t have the opportunity to perform this with a pianist, and before YouTube and Google, recordings weren’t as easy to come by.

I don’t feel THAT old, but it’s hard to remember that things were so different… more than twenty years ago now.

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Pre-internet nostalgia

There was a different feeling of time passing before instant, available everything.

Recently, I’m trying to recapture some of that- creating longer stretches of uninterrupted time and thought. A greater sense of being present, less rushing, and deeper attention.

I do feel a slower, more expansive pace of thought is more conducive to creativity and artistry.

I also feel social media in particular is a killer of long, deep thought. It’s so easy to numb and distract one’s self with the appearance of other people’s lives, then get trapped in the subsequent traps of comparison, envy, etc.

There are many wonderful things about our current lives, including access to recordings and other artistic inspirations. Social media gives us a platform to share our individual voices.

But despite these changes, I think art originates from the same place it always has- our humanity. It comes from a place of inner stillness and inspiration, regardless of the channels in which it is later distributed.