Summary: Ironically, giving yourself permission to be a "flop" usually frees you to succeed. As performers we forget to find humor in our failures, therefore making them a terrifying experience we want to avoid. If we can laugh about our shortcomings, we aren't so afraid of them, and can actually learn from them. "Somewhere along with the hard work must be the permission to blow it. With that permission, we can afford to be a little more reckless in what we dare." Being in this fearless state requires consistent mental maintenance, but it is worth the constant effort.
Key terms
Key concepts: Permission to fail = permission to succeed
Making connections: I really connected with the quote I included in my above summary, because of what I have been noticing in good performances I've seen: a sense do reckless abandon with the music; the sense that the performer is just throwing caution to the wind and coming up with perfection. I've been envious of that trait and noticing that I am missing it. This chapter gave me insight into how it could be possible to develop.
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