{"id":30384,"date":"2018-01-23T10:00:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=30384"},"modified":"2021-05-01T11:48:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T18:48:30","slug":"tq-winston-churchill-unlock-guitar-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-winston-churchill-unlock-guitar-potential\/","title":{"rendered":"Winston Churchill on How to Unlock Guitar Potential"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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\u201cContinuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s a lesser-known fact: In addition to statesman and Nobel Prize-winning writer, Winston Churchill was also an accomplished impressionist painter. Hundreds of his paintings are displayed around the world in museums and private collections.<\/p>\n

How could one man have mastered so many different fields?<\/p>\n

According to this quote, the key is to simply keep going.<\/p>\n

Discounting strength and intelligence, he believed that a continuous effort was more important.<\/p>\n

And this is equally true of our musical practices.<\/p>\n

We can inch forward at even the slowest pace. And so long as we continue forward, we\u2019ll see results, like water eroding granite.<\/p>\n

And note that Churchill cites \u201ceffort\u201d. This means we need to stay challenged. Our practices can\u2019t be too easy. We can\u2019t spend all our time polishing what\u2019s already shiny.<\/p>\n

Instead, we need enough challenge to keep us engaged, but not so much we become disheartened.<\/p>\n

Part of our job as practicing musicians is to find this perfect point of balance. Like competitive log-rollers, each day we try to stay upright and avoid spinning off in one direction or the other.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s empowering to know that strength and intelligence aren\u2019t essential. Sure, they\u2019re nice if we have them, but not required.<\/p>\n

If we, as Rumi suggested, \u201csell our cleverness for bewilderment\u201d, then each moment with our music becomes a sacred puzzle. Each day is an end unto itself. We plumb the depths of each movement and phrase with curiosity and wonder.<\/p>\n

And over time, we unlock our potential: potential skill, potential appreciation, potential joy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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