Nightpairs

My dreams seem to be heading down the same pathways lately.

Last night I dreamed I was in charge of teaching the cello to a young girl in the second orchestra.  The weird thing about it was that our orchestra sat facing the first orchestra and the conductor was in between, so I was facing the teacher of the first cellist and he was looking at me. We never saw the conductor's face though and I think we might all have been playing at once which sort of negates having two orchestras.

Of course another weird thing was having the teachers sitting right in the orchestra with their students, or at least the two of us. And, and this is not insignificant, I have never played a cello!

I sat beside my student able to read the music, but having no real idea how to interpret the music for her on the cello and finally I left to go down to a small room at the end of the hall and ask my instructor what I should do.

It was like a hall of mirrors. Instructor after instructor there to teach the teacher of the teacher of the teacher and I wondered if the others were as handicapped as I felt.

The night before I dreamed I had trouble hearing.

It seems my dreams are about coping with my shortcomings -- the story of my life.