tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post967527356531332254..comments2024-03-22T06:38:04.697-04:00Comments on Beyond the Notes: The myth of the perfect performanceErica Ann Sipeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13526622607656348353noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-46169648338317155212014-05-04T15:49:27.294-04:002014-05-04T15:49:27.294-04:00I tell my students, :The only difference between m...I tell my students, :The only difference between my performance and yours is that I know how to cover up mu mistakes!" They are often surprised that I make mistakes and will admit to making them, too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7048025771349159983.post-71500791699664743432014-05-03T22:44:11.008-04:002014-05-03T22:44:11.008-04:00This is so incredibly true -- and it's true fo...This is so incredibly true -- and it's true for all of life. So much of life is the graceful recovery from mistakes and not the total avoidance of them. It reminds me of a marble at the bottom of a bowl versus turning the bowl over and putting the marble on the top.<br /><br />If you put the marble in the bowl and push it off center, it will oscillate a bit but gradually find the center again. If you put the marble on top of the overturned bowl and push it to one side, it rolls further away from the center and off of the surface completely.<br /><br />The first is what's called a stable equilibrium -- knock something a bit off center, and it finds its way back. The second is unstable equilibrium -- the marble is fine as long as nothing nudges it, but the second something does, whoosh. Off it goes, never to find the center again.<br /><br />One needs to learn how to get back to the center much more than how not to stray from it. All of life will knock you off center. Do you find the path again, or does that little nudge shove you hopelessly off course?Janisnoreply@blogger.com