(August 15, 2016 at 11:40 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I'm not convinced that faith and achievement are interlinked, as your thread title suggests. But put the lube away, please, I didn't need that graphic of a description of the disagreements that are sure to follow your OP - wow.
The athlete that wins a championship or gold medal does it after many, many hours of deliberate and goal-oriented practice. Same for accomplished musicians or for you while zoning into a difficult piece unencumbered by thoughts or self-doubts or even me as I finally nail a piece I've been practicing forever on my violin.
Believing you can achieve a goal is part of the puzzle but it's not the entire picture.
No doubt. I'd categorize the "faith" part as that over which I have essentially no deliberate control. I've learned how to play certain passages very well, and have intent: "Ooooh. . . I want it to sound like it did that time yesterday." Then I keep stumbling around until the magic happens.
Especially for very technical pieces, it is only when I have faith, and do NOT attempt to think about anything more than how I want it to sound, that it comes out as well-formed music.
