Song List:
Preface
Prologue: A Day of Marveling
1. Ability Is Meant to Be Fostered
Ability Begets Ability
Ability Is Not Innate
What Is Missing from the Environment Will Not Develop on Its Own
The Amazing Workings of the Life Force
2. K and Us
Wonderful Positive Evidence
For Young K
Loftier and More Beautiful
The Moment Had Arrived
Becoming Grumiaux's Prized Student
3. A Path Toward the Extraordinary
The Folly of Lamenting a Lack of Talent
See the Reality for Yourself
Repeat, and Repeat Again
Neither Make Haste, Nor Dawdle
A Blind Child Sees
Intuition, Too, Is Something We Create
4. Destiny---My Path in Life: I
An Immovable Fact
Not Wishing for Heaven
My Encounter with Tolstoy
My Father's Smile
Up at Five
A Change in Direction
5. Embraced by Mozart---My Path in Life: II
The Soul of Art
Einstein, the Man
A Great Love
6. If You Think So, Then Act Accordingly
What Is the Use of Merely Knowing?
If You Think So, Then Act Accordingly
Creating New Ability
7. Talent Education for Violin Playing
Memory Training
Putting Fun-Seeking Minds to Good Use
Calling Out to Children's Vital Forces
8. Having Come This Way, and Now
A Magnificent Home Concert
Casals Wept
In the United States
Epilogue: My Dream