StevenB on Nostr: I haven't watched the documentary, but you recommend it, so I'm going to watch it. I ...

I haven't watched the documentary, but you recommend it, so I'm going to watch it. I highly value your insights.

I use the analogy of playing the piano when describing why I impose boundaries with my children, and how those boundaries lead to their freedom.

My seven year old 'plays' the piano very freely. All over the place, no restraint, can do anything she wants. Can play with her feet or hands, doesn't really matter, it all has the same discordance She has ultimate freedom do whatever she wants, and she create chaos.

Now, take a maestro. He has many boundaries; knows all the rules of music, all the rules of harmony and composition. He's bound by those rules, and they give him true freedom. He knows which rules he can break and when it's appropriate to break them and why he's breaking them. His hands glide effortlessly across the keys, he looks like a natural. He has spent a lifetime understanding and working within the boundaries of music theory, and it has given him true freedom, and from that freedom he creates beauty.