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Re: Practice Is an Art

spaghettipie — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:02:21 -0000

I don't feel forced into a particular interpretation. I enjoy hearing what (I think) is your interpretation and comparing it to mine . . .

Re: Practice Is an Art

Marcus — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:33:26 -0000

Susan, what a wonderful comment! I agree that I rarely act like practice and performance are the same thing, but the only audience that matters is paying attention to both.

That doesn't mean I need to fret about my practice time. Or be lackadaisical about my performance time. I just need to keep my perspective directed upward no matter whether I'm writing a poem, a journal entry, a blog entry, or a blog comment.

God help me always be the same person doing the same thing.

Re: Practice Is an Art

Susan — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:30:04 -0000

1) I just read your comment - you are so bad baiting Ted like that (giggle)

2) I never, ever, thought of practice as the same as performance - they are so very different for me. Practice was, at some times, just a pain and something I didn't want to do. But there were times when I would just sit down and play when I had no clue what else to do with my life - oh wait, I still do that, just not as well these days. It soothed my soul and helped me sort things out without me ever knowing how. There were, and are, also times when practice - repetition to get something just right, is very satisfying. It's like a small problem I actually have some control over and can master - how sick is that?

Now performance - that made my knees shake - no joke - so badly that even as an adult I could push the pedal down and it would come up again because, as my mother would say, my knees were as weak as water.

As to the glare - when she's really angry - oh and she can be, it's almost a wicked looking caricature of the expression you see here. Like nothing else in life, teaching has given her great insight into her anger issues.

Re: Practice Is an Art

Marcus — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:17:12 -0000

RLP, you are kind. It's funny, but I never think about it as being brave. It's just part of who I am. I really do enjoy reading and writing poetry all the time.

Amazing the number of poems that get written during a sermon (often in response to the sermon topic...)

Susan, I wish I could play the piano! For me, all forms of practice are the same. And all practice is performance. Or all performance is practice. Or all the world's a stage. Something like that.

Re: Practice Is an Art

Susan — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:41:04 -0000

I love the poem - and truthfully, it actually captures some of what I feel when I sit down at the piano, mine or anyone elses - so I know that you understand something of who I am. This is something I appreciate about poetry - it evokes a response in me that tells me that someone understands something about me and I can identify with another person, the poet.

Re: Practice Is an Art

real live preacher — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:53:00 -0000

You're brave to post poetry. Very brave. That scares me so much I've only done it maybe three times. And you're good at it, so the bravery isn't going to come back and bite you.

;-)

Re: Practice Is an Art

Marcus — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:22:16 -0000

Shep, it's the same kind of compartmentalization that haunts people. We try to make divisions where there are none. Work the same, play the same, act the same, no matter what the context. God is always there.

L.L., thanks for getting me back on track. I actually thought about deleting the soapbox from the audio, but I was going for the "real me."

Mark, Gabcast isn't the best for podcasting a high quality show, but it's great for adding value and media to a blog. Thanks for dropping by!

spaghettipie, part of me thinks reading the poem forces the reader into a particular interpretation. On the other hand, a lot of people haven't been taught how to read poetry. So I try to include an audio file to demystify the form somewhat. (But I'm getting back on my soapbox...)

Re: Practice Is an Art

spaghettipie — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:33:42 -0000

Loved that! Thanks so much for not only sharing the words but your voice. Hearing you read it was slightly different than reading it in my own head. You're the coolest. :)

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L.L. Barkat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:54:51 -0000

Oh, and I loved your soapbox on the gabcast!!

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Mark D. Roberts — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:42:58 -0000

Sweet. You are the gabcast man!

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L.L. Barkat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:20:42 -0000

I love the real you. Each and every bit (well, okay, the sci fi is an acquired taste.)

And that poem. I somehow felt it expressed exactly the question of whom you play for here and how. Still, it was good to hear this particular you today.

Re: Practice Is an Art

Shep — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:15:42 -0000

Yes. In a way there is no such thing as practice. It's all real. It's all good. It's all glory to God.