[The writing in this blog post is an excerpt from a Free Write I just did with Iphy, Hannah, and Doug. I will explain the rules of Free Write in another blog post... but not today cause I'm running out of time...]I can feel the muscles in my hand straining and sore (have I written so much or just put too much pressure on it? There's a metaphor there). My hand muscles and face muscles are sore as I relearn the feelings of their regular use - my flute embouchure has gone to crap (sorry about the language but it's true - I used to be able to do 2 octaves of chromatic-scale longtones before I got fatigued and now after just a few notes I hurt).I am thinking about skills that take muscle practice in part because I was talking to Serena earlier about lifting and how much I miss it. My body still hurts from Wednesday's game of Shark Tag. Even though the stiffness is kind of a pain (pun possibly intended) I am trying to mentally frame it as something positive: a reminder that the micro-tears I am causing in my muscles with practice will heal stronger and grow my endurance; that ignoring my body does not make me disembodied; that I am more powerful when my being inhabits more than just my head.---Here's this week's mosaic!