It's a warm August morning. I worked on Prelude I and Fugue I yesterday for a little while. Felt immediately discouraged with the fugue, as I've not looked at it, ever. I played hands separately for a little while, then noodled around with my favorite Prelude in C# major. I worked hard on that about 8 years ago and learned it for some friends who had come back into my life from the time I was a singer in New York City. This morning I sat down and addressed my piano, listened carefully to each pitch in a C Major scale; it's always interesting how many pitches are within one single pitch and if you take the time to listen you can hear them. They surround the note as if they are the petals of a flower, surrounding the juicy parts inside. I then played the left hand a few times, my weaker hand. Played the right and noticed that often in the separate lines there seem to be these moments of a final cadence being reached. But when you put the two hands together the cadence then appears an illusion, it gets buried in some slight of hand, as Bach adds harmonic colors that shift the tonal center, tricky the unsuspecting listener. It isn't finally a difficult piece of music, but there plenty of challenges for me and if I can also do a bit of analysis I know I'll enjoy it more. I did start to like the piece very much. Tomorrow will bring more facility.