Finger Memory

Have you ever tried to play a piece you learned before and find that when you "use you brain" you can't play it, but when you "shut off" your brain, and just use your fingers, you somehow, magically figure it out? Or perhaps, your brain takes a vacation while you're in the middle of practicing a piece, but your somehow still able to play it? This is because of finger memory or muscle memory. We use finger memory all the time, while your texting (if you're not like me and know how to text) and typing, dialing a phone number, a pin, or something that use done so many times you don't have to think. I, however notice my finger memory most while playing the piano. Yesterday, when I was playing, I started to think about how amazing it was. To be able to play to hands at once. How do you keep track of it all? How are you able to think of everything at once? But you're not... kind of. It's your fingers who are doing a lot of the thinking. They already kind of know where the notes are, and they move to there. A bit spooky, huh?