1,000 Days of Piano - Day 46: Risk

In the Suzuki Book 2 the Bach minuets (BWV 822) contain notes that they can be played as one piece in A B A form—G minor-G major-G minor. Since I’m focusing on Book 2, I thought I’d try it. It works, as I knew it would. It gave me the opportunity to spend more time in front of the camera. For me, that’s frightening.

I’ve always suffered from nerves when performing. It’s one of the reasons I didn’t major in music. I thought I didn’t want it badly enough to endure the anxiety. In my naïveté, I imagined I could achieve my version of success without making that kind of emotional sacrifice. I was wrong.
Anything worth doing requires you to put yourself out there and take an emotional risk. Responsibility, accountability, criticism and critique, fear of failure, fear of harm—these are the monsters we face when we undertake any worthy endeavor. Our ability to face these demons is at the heart of the adventure of life.