Post-Christmas Post

Hey guys! Did you have a merry Christmas? I sure did. I love Christmas mornings, no matter how tired I am. Being a Santa's Helper is hard, guys. I got some really cool things for Christmas though. I'll have to post pics when I have time. I got TONS of books though. I don't know if I'll have any spare time between reading and school. Speaking of school, I'm back to boring biology classes (alliteration!). And also Spanish and Math. And I must finish Great Expectations before class starts again! Then there's my speech I have to memorize, and then perform, and the acting class I have to prep for! And all that must be done before the middle of January. Exciting, right? So I'm going back to boring biology. Hope you guys had a merry Christmas, and your new year will be fantabulous.

Sagerific

Chirstmas Approaches

Christmas is in a week. EXACTLY A WEEK. I'm really excited and filled with dread at the same time. I wish presents weren't such a stressful thing. I am so ill prepared. With a week left. So some people might be getting cards. Not because I don't love them, but because I may or may not be able to get their presents done in time. Somehow, I usually pull through, but it might not happen this year. Hopefully it does *crosses fingers*. I hope the rest of you are having a fabulous Christmas season, and remember that it's not about buying the best and most expensive presents. It's about the person who gave us the greatest gift there ever was. Merry Christmas!

Sagerific

My Power Point Presentation!

So for my Unleashing Your Voice class I had to give a power point presentation. Thought I'd share it with you!

I love music. I especially love playing the piano. It is one of my favorite things to do. It is a rare day when I don't sit down and play. I don't always play what I'm assigned by my teacher, but I'm usually on the piano for at least an hour or two every day. Some mothers have to tell their kids to go practice the piano, while my mom has to tell me to get off the piano and go do something else.

I've been playing the piano since I was five. I'm on my fourth teacher. There have been times when I wanted to quit. My mom wouldn't let me quit until I could play every hymn in the hymnbook. She didn’t mean the simplified one, either. I can probably play all of them now, with some practice. But now, you couldn't pay me to quit.

For me, music is not just playing an instrument. It's really an emotional release. When I play the piano, I express my feelings through it. It's like an emotional amplifier. Albert Einstein said, “If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.” And that is definitely how it is for me. Although I'm definitely not a physicist. When I'm frustrated or sad, I go play the piano. When I'm happy, or excited, I go play the piano. And what I play usually reflects my mood. Sometimes my mom judges how I’m feeling by what I’ve been playing that day.

I've used music to make other people happy, too. When my sisters, Sydney and Sabrina, and also my brother, Spencer, were really little, I used to hold them on my lap while I played piano, if my mom wasn't right there to take care of them. Playing the piano usually helped to calm them down.

I've also played music in church. Playing religious music is another way to share my testimony. One thing I like to do on the piano is create medleys and mash-ups of different hymns. One of my favorite medleys, not written by me, is the EFY medley. It is 'As Sisters In Zion' and 'We'll Bring The World His Truth' put together in a beautiful combination.

Someday I would like to be a professional songwriter, and share one of the things that brings me most joy. While I also like drawing, and painting and such, typically the more aesthetic form of art, my preferred medium uses sound. Some people use pencils, or paintbrushes, I use the piano. Leopold Stokowski said, “A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.”