Classmate Inspiration

One of my classmates is a fantastic pianist from Chile. I am especially inspired by his work to learn braille in his efforts to bring Music Education to his students. 

I went on a YouTube hunt because I wanted to know more about using braille notation.  I think this clip is particularly interesting...

I had never considered the possibilities and challenges of acquiring someone else's interpretation when learning a piece by rote in this way.  It seems to me that visually impaired musicians may have a unique ability to become nuanced musical chameleons, much like how some people have a gift for picking up accents- they may be far more aware of the pauses between pitches, the intent, the little things...

I've been reading a lot about conversation and discourse analysis, and connecting these dots, it challenges me as a musician to pay a lot more attention to the "in betweens" that occur.