Tuesday, April 29, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Giving someone a piece of your mind is very different from giving someone your heart. The heart expresses itself very differently than the mind. The mind vents and blows off steam from the pressure of \u201clife.\u201d It releases hot air. The heart expresses itself by relieving the gentle urging or pulse of love. The mind blows, feeling the so-called pressure of peers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every time I gave a live performance, I questioned, \u201cWhy am I doing this?\u201d Playing in public is pressure-filled. The concert recordings never seemed to relieve pressure, even if they were decent. Often, I\u2019d listen to the recordings and cringe. What gives? The heart relieves. The mind keeps squeezing and pressurizing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why perform in public? Couldn\u2019t it just be joyful to play by myself and for my own, personal edification? Why write a blog such as this one and pay WordPress a monthly fee so others can read your writing? Why put yourself \u201cout there.\u201d \u201cThey\u201d only seem to crucify, dismiss, or sneer. Peers are too much pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You have to. If you suppress your expression, your heart will wither. You will be \u201cbugged\u201d by your own conscience until you publish your novel, play your concert, or give the world a piece of your heart. If you want to give someone a piece of your mind; if you have something to prove; or if you think you just want to be good at something – you haven\u2019t learned intrinsically what this is about. The heart is full. It\u2019s just bursting at the seams to express itself. Why deny it? It only causes more pain than putting yourself \u201cout there.\u201d When you do it to give vitality to your own heart, you can\u2019t lose. When you do it \u201cfor others,\u201d or for a perfect result, the pressure of your peers is unbearable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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