My God, where have you been?
I’ve been the Special Events Coordinator for an event in Chicago, that’s where. It was a great event that I won’t go into here, except to let you all know that I both witnessed and taught about performances, and amongst all the intense, stylistic changes that were there (the conference was about Japanese Performance Art) one very salient, forgiving point came up.
It’s a point that I think we all forget in our daily life. It’s the idea of the "ultimate goal." Where are you going with this? Why are you performing?
The answer, most of the time, is that you’re doing this to entertain the audience. Did they like it? If the answer’s yes, at the end of the evening, well, regardless of all the missteps, flubbed lines, late cues and mislaid props, you were a success.
If you reach the top of the mountain, you achieved your goal. Crawling or dancing, you got there. And that’s something to be remembered, as the inner critic yells at you that you could have done better. Maybe you could–almost certainly. Doesn’t change the fact that you still did it.
More later. Any thoughts on whether Sanjaya is telling the truth about his "art project"? Check out the video….
Tags: sanjaya, american idol, performance art
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