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Nocturnal concert
And how she weaves those delicate enchantments with the fragile threads of her imagination She pensively sat down at the piano, uncovering the keyboard. Undoubtedly, this theme offered and immense and vast potential to tap into. With her right hand, she played the melody attentively listening to each note, and to each pause of both…
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Insomnia nights
As it turns out, sometimes out greatest fears, contain are greatest hopes and dreams That night, Cipriano’s mother tossed and turned in bed, finding it virtually impossible to achieve that evasive sleep. The pianist in herself, among other things found she was amazed, surprised, thoughtful, full of admiration… while the mother that lived in her…
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A first piano performance
More than one, argued it was merely in his blood, as if that explained it all quite satisfactorily… Since he was still a very young child, Cipriano, had displayed an intense love towards music. Whenever he heard a note, a song or a melody… he would immediately listen, fully concentrated and abstracted. In particular, he…
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A future grandfather
How little we know and how less we understand, about all that we sow today, for tommorrow Doña Ramona’s parents met at Ibague City, the capital of the Tolima Department. This happened way back in the beginning of the century; it was precisely in the Tolima Conservatory, where they both dedicated their lives, as…
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Such different childhoods
While she learned to live her life , he learned to survive his life While growing up in the Capital, she not only learned to read and write, no sir! At home, there was a grand piano and since she was but a little girl, she had taken lessons. Not only did she study piano,…
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A forgotten childhood
At what time, did we become so seriously important that we exiled all our toys, banishing them to oblivion in that abandoned crate of the forgotten memories? At that instant, she firmly resolved to change the relationship she held with Camila and to strengthen the bonds and communication between them. Even further, she now felt this…
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A second chance
And then, she understood the impossibility of going back, to try once more… Feeling desperately saddened, Camila’s mother was finally forced to admit to herself, deep down inside of her maternal soul: how little of her time, she spent with that little girl they were talking about, as she thought about that quiet child, who…
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An unknown daughter
Perhaps, my Dear Lady, we tend to search for things in the wrong manner, and though, they may be right in front of us, we do not recognize them for what they are… The treasure, in the book, Searching for treasures. “Well, you see,” he continued, smiling cheerfully, “Camila liked that book immensely. I wouldn’t…
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The reading sessions of a baby girl
Comfortably installed in her mother’s blessed womb, she learned the love of books and reading “You see, madam, if it’s alright with you, I shall illustrate with a small example. A little over a year ago, I gave a book to Camila, as a small present. It was one of the few books that I have…
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A firm resolve
It is from our dreams that the future is wrought “Ordinarily I would agree with you and wholeheartedly. However, on this occasion, allow me to say that Camila is many years ahead not only of her classmates, but of all the children I have had the pleasure and privilege of teaching. Please believe me, I…
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