30 Jan 09 Impressionable Youth

gramophonesvgmed1 About a year ago, my wife and I were driving in the car, and all the radio stations in the entire city of Chicago were either on commercial or playing sub-standard tunes. So the wife pops in a CD, and we get to enjoy some of our favorite Eminem songs (among others with…choice lyrics) since the boys weren’t in the car. But what was our 11-month old daughter getting out of this? I presumed it was all just going right over her head, but maybe not….
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Tags: impressionable, Music, patterns, research

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24 Jan 09 What’s new is old again

“Back when I was your age…”

I can’t believe I’ve uttered that phrase to my kid. Where does that come from? Why should my child care about what I did 35 years ago to accomplish <whatever task we’re discussing>? It’s an interesting question for which I have no answer – and would love to hear comments.

The following mind-wrestling session I had last night is what brought this about.
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Tags: Art, Graphic Tablet, Music, Piano, Right Brain

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