(This is a post dealing with skill development, whether you
are a musician, sports participant, business owner or budding artist. The logo implies music, yet these ideas are
transferable to all endeavors. Thanks
for reading.)
A story:
One
of the greatest violinists of all time was Nicolo Paganini. Born in 1782, he had a long and illustrious
career before his death in 1840.
One
day as Paganini was about to perform before a packed opera house, he suddenly
realized that he had walked out on the stage with a strange violin in his hands
- not his own treasured instrument made by the master violin maker Guarneri.
Panic-stricken,
but realizing that he had no other choice, he began to play with all the skill
he possessed. Everyone agreed afterward that he gave the performance of his
life. When he was finished, the audience gave him a standing ovation.
In
his dressing room after the concert, when he was praised for his superlative
performance, Paganini replied, "Today, I learned the most important lesson
of my entire career. Before today I thought the music was in the violin. Today
I learned that the music is in me."
Maybe our talent, or genius, or immense skill really does
reside inside of us and not in the tools, trinkets, and magic elixirs we once
believed in.
I am a writer. I
would love to live in an ocean side home with a high perch for a writing
room. The truth is that I can write
anywhere. I’ve written in a dozen Starbucks, a smelly tire store, university libraries, a noisy mall, my
car, and a hundred other places.
The skill is within you. Let it out wherever you go.
Michael Biggs
Steps and
Skips
Tips for
the Developing Soul
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