A\u00a0friend who studied states of consciousness said “It’s amazing when you play piano that your attention is divided.”<\/p>\n
“What’s the big deal about that?” I didn’t understand.<\/p>\n
He clarified “You do more than one thing at once so your mind is in more than one place\u00a0simultaneously.”<\/p>\n
So what about people driving a car I thought?\u00a0I think about this a lot. You can drive and not think about it and you can play music on auto pilot too. I admire the opposite very much. Driving and thinking about what you’re doing, playing music and being present for each note<\/p>\n
.<\/p>\n
at least trying to.<\/p>\n
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