Life Goals

I recently heard it said that if its not in writing it doesn't exist. This was in the context of political campaigning. I will take a page from anyone's book.

I play the piano. But not professionally. That's just too hard. I like having creative carte-blanche.

In high school I took Spanish and French classes both at the same time. This would be attempting to learn foreign languages relatively late in life for the first time. I did not do well, but, I think my teachers passed me because, usually, I kept trying.

Another page from campaigning falls to the floor to be read, finally.

When I was living in San Francisco, during the 90s, I took Japanese language classes at the City Community College. I listened to tapes, learned the reading and writing, and, got high marks.

After the year 2000, while I was living in Seattle with my partner, I started studying French on my own. I am not going to say I made much headway.

At the beginning of 2008, I switched my efforts to Spanish. I do emphasize reading books in the Spanish language, using the flash-card computer program from Transparent Language, and listening to audio books in Spanish.

The goal, as is in Music, is to go as far as I can in learning and comprehending this language of Spanish. I think I may not be as handicapped as people may assume with my not being bilingual from an early age (before the all-important period when one's brain changes forever.)

Music is considered by some to be a language. I showed an aptitude for that. Perhaps I will for this.