6 Nov
2017
6 Nov
'17
12:31 p.m.
Me: Ouch -- that was awful. Did you notice that GLARING MISTAKE I made?
My Friends: No. We were just having fun enjoying the dances.
Eventually I stopped obsessing.
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Claire Baffaut via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Ah yes!
Indeed it is a familiar feeling. So this pep talk is as much to myself as
it is to you.
- Live performance means that there will be mistakes.
- It is not possible to learn anything without making mistakes. If you are
not making any, you're not learning.
- Identify a few things that could be done differently (just a few as you
cannot fix everything at once).
- Ask for gentle, objective feedback or suggestions.
- Once you've done these last two, forgive yourself. You'll do better next
time.
- Hopefully, you can look forward the next gig and I wish you that it goes
well and make you feel good.
Cheers,
Claire
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 10:10 AM, Maia McCormick via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation,
naming things, and off-by-one errors.
So after a gig, I find myself haunted by one or
two missteps from an
evening — the rolling start that was a little muddy, the thing I didn’t
teach clearly enough so the dancers never quite got it — even though the
dancers adjusted and all had a good time, and I still had the hall’s trust
and goodwill at the end of the evening.
Is this a familiar experience for anyone? Assuming you’ve already learned
the lesson to be learned there, how do you move past it and stop
self-flagellating?Would love to hear some people’s thoughts!
Cheers,
Maia
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