still a lot of resistance, but i managed to pull off about 4 hours of personal practice and get a few things done around the house. the intro is coming along and i think i actually made it all the way through from memory once. the drill to play this piece from memory is reminding me of some of the buddist exercises of recreating an intricate drawing of the buddha in the mind's eye. been thinking more about this notion that the ability to discriminate between impressions effects the ability to remember. the corelation between meditation and memory (and therefore rememberance) takes on another aspect seen in this light. interestingly watching television and especially commercials seems to work against cultivation of memory. in fact it wouldn't surprise me if there is some intentional hypnotic or self forgetting effect of sensory overload used to insinuate the need to consume the product that takes place....