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I feel one thing when I play now…..I feel free. When I play I am exploring infinity in a seemingly finite way. Many years of daily effort where itegral to this process. I started getting flashes and glimmers along the way that always kept me chasing the next challenge. I had a mentor who used to tell me that at some point I would not have to think about what the next note is…I would just intuitively play it. I thought he was patronizing me and I was not one of those people….I was dead wrong. It has come to pass. Just in case anyone who reads this may think they are not one of those people who can just play: I have no innate musical talent, what I did get in abundance at birth was determination…..what is the difference between the two? the musically gifted get the freedom in a tenth of the time. Can anyone get this? Yes!! But if you have no innate talent only determination will take you there over time. So much so that time itself becomes just a marker and not a goal.