1. Merchant Of Venice
The story of my life does not center around regret, but many times it is what i think back on most. For the most part, I dont regret things that i have done. I regret what i haven't done with my life.
Recently I have acquired an unexpected appreciation for music. I'm not sure where it came from, but it seems very natural. Usually I don't even listen to the radio, which many people seem to think is due to some sort of chemical deficiency. They ask, "Don't you like music?" I love music. I just dont seem to want to listen to it very often.
I never was very good at making music myself. In the fourth grade I made a weak attempt at playing the flute in the school band. I went to three band rehearsals and never practiced. I don't think that I ever really made a sound when I tried blowing into that instrument, so I guess it really didn't make a difference. After the year was over, I felt some of my first feelings of regret regarding music. I felt bad that I hadn't even tried to learn the flute and decided to make a comeback, only this time i would really get into it. In the fifth grade I waited until the very last possible minute to sing up for the band, and ended up playing the coronet instead of the clarinet like I had requested. The coronet was a little more difficult that I thought, and though I could actually blow into the thing, my second music adventure also lasted a total of three days. I don't regret not playing the flute or coronet. Those were instruments that I never really found interesting anyway. The instrument that I do regret quitting is the piano.
I think just about everyone on this planet has, at one time in their lives, taken piano lessons. Young and not exactly a budding musician, I loved the sound of the piano and dreamed of playing those elaborate, beautiful songs I love so much. I knew it took practice, but I didn't seem I was progressing at all. Lack of progression let to frustration, which led to disappointment, which let to lack of practice.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a man born into an amazing musical talent. When most boys were still running away from the girls that had cooties, Mozart was composing symphonies and operas. The movie AMADEUS illustrates Mozart's life as seen by another composer, Salieri. Throughout the movie Salieri...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a man born into an amazing musical talent. When most boys were still running away from the girls that had cooties, Mozart was composing symphonies and operas. The movie AMADEUS illustrates Mozart's life as seen by another composer, Salieri. Throughout the movie Salieri...
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