Tuesday, August 17, 2010

It’s Not That Bad, Sergei

Rachmaninoff suffered bouts of abysmal depression and was haunted with feelings of insecurity. Often he thought his music was just junk. He was so busy trying to be a conductor, pianist and composer and teacher all at once: No wonder he felt inadequate- he was trying to fill a large order. OK, so I am not a conductor (yet,) but I can only say, knowing a tiny bit about the other occupations, I’d say if he also were trying to be a homeschool mom/home-keeper/piano mom for a week, surely he would have whistled his way to work thereafter. (Bet he didn’t bake, either.)

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