tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13501979.post3497789828431392265..comments2023-06-18T04:28:32.048-07:00Comments on And Also With You: A small bird, a hand, and graceRaisinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05210877918908790129noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13501979.post-79171744037039290352013-01-11T11:35:37.428-08:002013-01-11T11:35:37.428-08:00How lovely! This is the sort of idea that Mr Suzuk...How lovely! This is the sort of idea that Mr Suzuki would have liked - getting the basics of hand position right at the very beginning is of utmost importance, and it cannot happen by being forced or browbeaten into it (the whack-on-the-knuckles method of piano pedagogy), but by allowing Grace to happen, and natural spontaneous action of the hands and fingers (which bad hand position prevents).<br /><br />I love it that we sometimes begin the Daily Office with St. Paul's oft-repeated greeting: <br />"Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ." <br /><br />And I think of Our Lady, who was full of grace. And of her Son, who is the source of all grace -- "And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth."<br /><br />May this new child and her parents be blessed with Grace and Peace.Castanea_dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041129689248653381noreply@blogger.com