Music is a powerful metaphor on multiple levels, and many of the posts here contain links to allow you to immerse yourself in sounds that help convey the meaning in the words.

Below is a playlist along with links to the blog post in which the piece appeared.

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Piano Concerto # 2 – Sergei Rachmaninoff
(Genius & Despair: are you or your gifted child like Rachmaninoff?)

English Suite #4 – Prelude — J.S. Bach
First Movement of Fifth Symphony — Ludwig von Beethoven
(Three Minutes at a Steinway)

Variations on the Boar’s Head Carol — Rick Sowash Click on #3 A Christmas Divertimento.
(sea change from a bird’s eye view)

All that you have is your soul– Emmylou Harris
Fantasie_Impromptu #IV — Frederic Chopin
(learning to say “why not?”)

The Beauty of the Earth — John Rutter
(it’s not a holiday without you)

Reverie — Claude Debussy
(play your way to reaching your potential)

Rage Over the Lost Penny (Rondo Capriccio — Ludwig von Beethoven)
(rage over the lost keys)

Divertimento in F — Franz Joseph Haydn
(pond view)

Liebestraum #3 in A Flat – Franz Liszt
The Perfection is in the Mess

Italian Concerto — J.S. Bach
How Many of You Will It Take to Finish Your To-Do List?