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Originally Posted by 1914sierra
I'd just make things up or keep it fairly surface. You will encounter classes and seminars and workshops semi-regularly that seem to go this way. I've learned to keep it very surface and play the game to just get through these for the grade or the hours,etc. I'm not about to try to explain to virtual strangers my truth, nor will I try to explain to them why I hate these kinds of activities. It just isn't their business in any way, shape, or form. So, I grit my teeth, play nice, make something up or tell a vey surface-level, watered-down version of the truth and just get through it. Not pleasant, but doable.
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Yeah I'll have to figure out how to do that.
The thing is that the reason I got into music was really because it was the only thing I could do that my mom wouldn't criticize me for. I could just say I was practicing and escape the nightmare I grew up in for just a little while. Before I was into music, I had a lot of social problems and I was bullied a lot. Music helped me find my voice and as I progressed, I gained respect from my peers in one area of my life. It was something I could do that no one could say I wasn't good at or that I couldn't contribute anything of value. Music was and still is my refuge from the rest of the world. I like the idea of watering it down so I'm telling the partial truth, but I have no idea how to make that any easier to explain to people without getting way too personal and talking about abuse and bullying. I will probably have to make something up. I like my own story though haha