{"id":18393,"date":"2017-02-12T23:12:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T04:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=18393"},"modified":"2017-02-13T08:59:02","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T13:59:02","slug":"president-bannon-and-his-orange-haired-monkey-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.kenperlin.com\/?p=18393","title":{"rendered":"Picking up the guitar again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I picked up my guitar again.*<\/sup><\/p>\n

To put this act in context, the first time I seriously picked up a guitar was many years ago. I was quite young back then, and had just had my heart broken by a beautiful and beguiling woman.<\/p>\n

The young lady in question was learning to play the classical guitar at the time. So in a sort of psychic jiu jitsu<\/i>, I dealt with my pain by going to her classical guitar teacher and asking to take lessons from him.<\/p>\n

In the months that ensued I poured every drop of my heartache into learning that guitar. Practicing for several hours a day was easy, since the only times when I could feel any joy were the times when I was practicing my music.<\/p>\n

In a remarkably short time I had become proficient at playing the classical guitar. Which just goes to show you what you can accomplish if you have sufficient motivation.<\/p>\n

Now, after many years, I am circling back to the instrument. I’ve mainly been looking at on-line courses, and following along with the lessons.<\/p>\n

I find that my fingers never really forgot how to play. My skills started to return after just a few minutes, almost as though they had never left.<\/p>\n

Only this time I’m not doing it because a woman has broken my heart. Although I may be doing it now partly because my country is breaking my heart.<\/p>\n

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* In an earlier draft I started this post by talking about our current political situation. But I’ve decided it might be good to sometimes lower the volume on that topic, at least a little.<\/i> \ud83d\ude42<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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