After a longish break, I picked up the guitar yesterday and attempted to play a few songs ... not ones that I usually play, but others, just to amuse myself.

I was quite amazed to see how much of my voice had just disappeared.... somehow lack of practice simply reduces our voices to a narrow range, meant for professional discussions and politically correct talk, without any nuances, and a dry dry tone.

Flow - Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Yep, his name is a mouthful. The book is simply beautiful, a study in logic, decomposition and analysis. By no means a light read, the book is dense, written by a Professor in the style of a textbook, at least for the first few chapters where Mihaly presents his hypothesis and the attendant entities which are interlaced in their exposition.

The subject is a simple one, but given its ephemeral nature, it is likely that the net required to arrest it be a strong one. A strong net is duly presented.

Read slowly, take notes if you can. You will find the effort worth the while.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 21 - Andante

As a very very young lad, one of the first things that I noticed in our house was a Philips demo tape that was provided as an accompaniment to a cassette player once purchased. I had no idea what the tape contained, but I was transfixed. The music was so ebullient, so thoughtful, and so complex. I was in love with it.

Years later, I realized that the music was that of Mozart. To this day, children around the world are transfixed when they chance upon good classical music. It's no secret why ... it must appeal to areas of the brain that are somehow known to be acute and leading to 'Flow' or optimal experience (as researched by Prof.Csikszentmihalyi Mihaly)