“Tasks such as #writing well, #thinking well, and living well are hard, particularly for fallen and fallible creatures. But we gain the competence to meet these challenges responsibly only by careful, effortful #practice. No technological shortcut, no forbidden fruit, will alter this creatural #reality.”
One of the reasons I enjoy trying to master a musical instrument, is the time you (I) must commit, totally focused on that task. No distractions, no wondering about what might have been, or worrying about what is. Improve your tone and technique, work to get the instrument and your body in sync. There generally aren't immediate rewards. You have to be persistent and patient over a long time.
I imagine that's why musicians also generally excel in all other fields.
Music and practice. 
1. Now that the restrung guitar is holding pitch, going back to daily practice. Even though it's nylon strings, my fingertips are already sore. Time to rebuild those callouses!
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In my happy place aka the practise room.
I would NOT have said that back in my twenties! :D
Spent a few minutes woodshedding some tricky sax parts tonight before bed.
Even though it involved a few loud expletives, it still made me think: every night should end like this.
So here is more for you @geriruth
At the end of this speech to teachers, #Baldwin restated the thesis in these words, more frequently quoted:
"I began by saying that one of the paradoxes of education was that precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience, you must find yourself at war with your society. It is your responsibility to change society if you think of yourself as an educated person."
"The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated. The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say to himself this is black or this is white, to decide for himself whether there is a God in heaven or not. To ask questions of the universe, and then learn to live with those questions, is the way he achieves his own identity. But no society is really anxious to have that kind of person around. What societies really, ideally, want is a citizenry which will simply obey the rules of society."
James Baldwin to teachers in 1963: https://richgibson.com/talktoteachers.htm
Tonight I sent an arpeggio to an oscillator and threw that through some effects while I twiddled some knobs. It's not much, just exploring a single simple voice. But it was good comfort while I work on tech.
Painting practice, a value study of Edward Hopper #practice #DigitalArt
I forgot to showcase this thing I made for fun when practicing both my map making skills, and brush work. It isn't perfect, but I had fun trying to figure out how gouache works. (:
It is not a "real" Fantasy map, as in there is no story tied to it. Just random ideas meshed together.
Next traditional one will be better, when I get time to make one. (^_^)
#practice : frequently repeated or customary action
- French: pratiquer
- German: die Übung, üben
- Italian: pratica
- Portuguese: prática
- Spanish: práctica
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Sheduer Sanders injury update as Browns before training camp practice Monday
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I see a lot of chat about the “right” #practice routine for #guitar, and I see people posting (to my mind) insane 2-3 hour technique sessions.
For me, if I’m actually pushing myself to improve technique then I find I’m tired after about an hour, sometimes less. Probably not finger/hand tired but brain tired. That hour will consist of 5-10 minute micro sessions, with short breaks.
After that I’ll need a longer break, and if I do anything else it’ll be quite different: improvisation, learning something about Logic, or just listening.
Perhaps it’s the fact that I’m now in my 40s, but I do wonder if these massive practice routines are effective.
Chiefs News: Mike Danna says padded practice tells you who’s about it
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