http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june13/artists_06-27.html

Watch Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt in Tough Economy on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

See this? Do you wanna know what this is? Do you like what you see? 😀 I’ll tell ya what it is. It’s the look of real commitment, baby. Writ large and in the flesh. (Well, at least the flesh of my left pinky; but still.)

It also means that I’ve actually been practicing hard enough to break something… which in the good ol’ days always used to be a good sign. Currently I choose to believe it’s not a sign that I’ve become totally accident prone and that everything is gonna go smoother than teflon.

Practice is a heck of a thing. I rant quite a lot about education and I’ve had my share of students who think I’m too hard. But it’s my belief that no matter what anyone tells ya, mind-numbing repetitive practice is an important part of mastery. So you better like it. Or learn to like it. As Pete Rose liked running out ground balls.

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