Thursday, June 21, 2012

Wow. Long time, no post, huh?  Sorry about that.

Bit of a whirlwind in this composer's life I guess you could say!  Wrapped up a really good year at SMNW and sent another class of young people out into the world armed only with ambition, good hearts, and a willingness to ask questions. Hopefully they'll play their instruments every now and then, too, but really, that'd be frosting on the cake.

Then I sent myself back to school.  I'm now officially a PhD student at Kansas State University.  My first class for the summer wrapped up earlier this week and I've got two more to go.  Interesting, being on the other side of the equation in the classroom.  Especially since my first class was on learning theories.  It really made me think about what I do and how I do it.  But nobody has yet to answer my most burning question: what is learning?  I mean that in the noun sense of the word, not the verb.  It's a quandary I'll continue to look at as I finish up homework for the course.

Speaking of which, I probably should go do homework now.

I hope you're doing well and enjoying your summer.  Stay mindful of the gifts in your life.  The air we breathe, the friends we choose, the family we keep close; all of these can give us more peace than we realize.  I am blessed to have such gifts in my life and I hope you do, too.

Until next time, I wish you peace.

Jeffrey