Youth movements.

[bdar]

Earlier this week at rehearsals for The Long Count, the cast and crew meandered over to the idea of ability, and more particularly the perception of ability. We were discussing the declarative phrase "I can sing," and the way it changes throughout one's life. A five year-old who says he can sing is different than the fifteen year-old who says he

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I get it.

[anonymous]

It got through to me. You are so good at taking a thought and carrying it through the process FOR people. Your ending was powerful and then you humbly disclaim it. That only drives me a little bonkers but it's nice to have an inbuilt humblemeter. Humilimeter? Haha.

Re: I get it.

[anonymous]

(sorry, I forgot to mention that this is Diane).

[ludimagist]

Children sing because they want to sing, without additional motive. The adult may also sing for themselves, but the ones who declare that they can sing are stating that perception in terms of how others will hear them. The corollary is what I would argue is the trend to produce less artistic work as one grows older. I don't have enough data or enough mathematical acumen to properly articulate this, but I would posit that one's quantifiable creative output is inversely proportional to the individual's sense of standards.What you need to take into account is the modern professionalization of artistic production. To use music as an example, in another era if someone wanted to hear music they had to make it themselves, as opposed to today when we get it at the push of a button. Those who say they can create aesthetic expressions often put them into a context. The community theatre actor is in fact acting, but not at the level of virtuosity or at the level of exposure of the professional. I was talking about this recently with my Intro