{"id":195103,"date":"2021-03-16T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/?p=195103"},"modified":"2021-05-20T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T03:03:13","slug":"tq-paul-virilio-shipwreck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-paul-virilio-shipwreck\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Virilio on Risking Failure in Trying New Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/category\/tuesday-quotes\/\">Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p><em>\u201cThe invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p><em>Paul Virilio<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When we set out to make any change or addition to our lives, the odds are against us. Our habits and patterns are a powerful force striving to keep everything the same. Our innate systems want only the safety of the known.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This is one of the reasons that any great endeavor brings with it the risk of failure. We struggle not only with the task itself. We also swim upstream against our own homeostasis. We may try to sabotage our success in the hopes of preventing pain or embarrassment.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And we know this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We know that new habits are an uphill journey. And this is why we usually put them off for \u201clater.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Even in our guitar practice, we may\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/5-guitar-practice-mistakes\/\">avoid forming habits<\/a>\u00a0we believe would benefit us. We may continue the way we\u2019ve practiced in the past, just because it\u2019s comfortable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Perhaps we\u2019ve wanted to start a practice journal. Or we would like to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/classical-guitar-technique-right-hand\/\">improve our right-hand technique<\/a>. Or reading music, memorizing a piece, mastering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/stage-fright\/\">nerves playing for others<\/a>\u2026 There are myriad areas for exploration.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We often have these in the back of our minds for years, and still we resist starting. It\u2019s work to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/new-music-or-keep-practicing\/\">start something new<\/a>. There are so many things we don\u2019t know. We\u2019re almost guaranteed to misstep somewhere.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>But the upside is worth the risk. It\u2019s worth the effort. Even as we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/transitions\/\">bridge<\/a>\u00a0the foggy hinterland this side of competence, it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>We may well fail. We may have false starts or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.classicalguitarshed.com\/focus-brain-dump\/\">become distracted<\/a>. Ships may sink. But this doesn\u2019t mean we should abandon sailing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar.\u00a0Find more here. 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