The Piano Lesson

So, this post actually has nothin to do with me taking piano lessons (although i did take them for a minute when i was younger) and everything to do with this:

This movie is based on a play originally written by August Wilson (a prominent Black playwright throughout the 20th century), and features Charles Dutton, Alfre Woodard, Lou Meyers and Carl Gordon (google them if u don't kno who they are, and can't tell from the picture...i guarantee you'll recognize one or two of them right away). The plot is basically that the main character wants to sell the family piano, but all these obstacles stand in his way. In the end he has to decide if selling the piano for his chance at finally owning his own land is worth tearing the family apart....Plus there's some crazy ghost/spirit/random supernatural stuff thrown in. It's an alright movie: there are a couple funny parts, towards the end it's hilarious and I enjoyed the couple times the men sang...but overall...i prolly wouldn't watch it again on my own.

So anyway, I watched this movie in my Black theatre class today. I could write pages about what i learned from the movie cuz there were some pretty deep themes. What was really crazy tho is that it turns out i'd seen part of this movie before 8 years ago, as part of a music class during my 8th grade year but never got to finish it. For all this time i couldn't remember the name of the movie, or the plot really. All i remembered is this one part where the piano plays itself, and that it had an all Black cast...and that's not really enough to google and expect a real result. I actually just thought about that scene from movie a few days ago while I was reading the original play version the movie was based on...but i didn't connect the dots. Even when I was watching the movie, it took me a second to realize that it was the movie I had been trying to find for all that time.

Here's what I learned: sometimes i get really frustrated when i don't get the answers i want right away, and the longer i go without answers, i sometimes begin to doubt that I'll ever get the answers I want. My faith, however, says that I will get the answers i need, even when it really looks like a lost cause, and even if it takes an eternity. As I often tell my friends, "Things work out," it's the assurance that i have by putting my trust in the God who holds all knowledge and enjoys revealing answers.

Deuces...in Him

7,422 Days...how many lessons learned?

I prolly can't count the number of times I've heard people say "you learn somethin new everyday". What i CAN count is the number of lessons i should have learned by now according to that logic: today makes 7,422 days i've been alive and 7,422 lessons i should've learned.

Have u ever wished you had kept better notes of the things you've learned through the years? Ever have trouble remembering things u reaaally don't wanna forget? That "important place" where you put things you don't wanna lose...and then forgot about? The year you fell in love with your favorite song/book/movie that u can't seem to recall? Your times tables perhaps?

Personally, I love to learn and hate to forget, yet im sure i can only remember a small fraction of those things ive been blessed to know in those 7000+ days. More than that, I wanna be able to share all my learned lessons, big and small, with my sister, and someday with my kids.

Most of the things i learn come from the most unexpected things/places/conversations/experiences...so this blog will help me to record and remember the music, movies, people, prayers, commercials, classes, conversations, bible passages, youtube videos; etc, that impact me and teach me something new everyday.

Look out for my first post!!!