Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfred.Mayor
Pressure may yield diamonds… but when it comes to creative work, too much pressure surrounding a creative project can cloud the mind limit thought.
The key is managing the pressure placed on a creative work project. Not always an easy thing to do but ultimately the path to opening our mind to creative solutions.
Give yourself realistic goals to keep pressure at a healthy levels.
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Interesting. I know I do put an intense amount of pressure on myself by setting goals up in the stratosphere. I shoot for a clean show accuracy wise wise (playing all the right notes at the right times). Since I am human, I also aim for my mistakes to be "good" mistakes as opposed to a "bad" mistake. I could go in depth about that, but the good v bad mistake spectrum can range from a preplanned intentional error of omission to a mistake that actually derails the entire ensemble.
However, the thing that perplexes me is that the pressure I'm putting on myself is the same as always and my bad dreams have nothing to do with my playing. Like I'm more nervous about showing up than actually fulfilling my extremely high goals for myself.