Expression on Autopilot

This week was trying to find ways to make my expression on autopilot so that I'm not having to concentrate on notes and what I want/need to do with a line. I did this in two different ways: 1) by listening to recordings and fingering along with the recording, imagining myself playing that way and 2) singing and fingering along with certain lines. I felt a little silly at first, but that comes with doing new things sometimes. While doing these activities certainly helped me to understand a little better what I would like to do in the music, I'm not quite there yet. There are still some finger roadblocks I am continuing to work out, but working on only one or two pieces a day is helping with that. I will continuing to do the listening and singing along with my music to grow my ideas about expression.