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Tuesday Quotes are short explorations of music, life, and the daily endeavor of practicing classical guitar. Find more here<\/a>. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0Robert Louis Stevenson<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u00a0G. K. Chesterton (The Man Who Knew Too Much<\/em>, creator of the “Father Brown” character) said of Stevenson that he <\/span>“seemed to pick the right word up on the point of his pen, like a man playing spillikins.”<\/em><\/div>\n
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But he just seemed that way. In truth, you don’t write classics like Treasure Island<\/em> or Jekyll & Hyde<\/em> without filling volumes with words that never see the light of day. Some days, things work. Other days they don’t.<\/p>\n

Even the best of the best keep working<\/a>. That’s why they’re the best. They focus<\/a> more on the current challenge than on the “harvest”. They focus on the process<\/a>, and let the results take care of themselves. Games are won one point at a time.<\/p>\n

As guitarists, we have to do the same. Massage this chord. Finesse this melody. Try to relax through this tricky spot<\/a>. It all happens in the moment. It’s always one note connecting to the next.<\/p>\n

All we can do is show up and plant seeds. Every moment of attention and intention is a seed we plant. No matter if we’ve been playing for 30 years or 30 seconds. Our harvests are born of patient awareness and focus.<\/p>\n

Of course we want to play the big piece. We want to ace the beautiful melody. We want the harvest. But all we can do is this: Put all that aside and focus first on one note, then another. Note by note, seed by seed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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