{"id":35671,"date":"2018-10-30T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/classicalguitarshed.foureyes.com\/?p=35671"},"modified":"2020-10-22T04:01:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T11:01:14","slug":"tq-ayn-rand-scared-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classicalguitarshed.com\/tq-ayn-rand-scared-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Ayn Rand on Getting Scared in the Learning Process"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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\u201cIf you don\u2019t know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

Ayn Rand<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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To learn a musical instrument is to know failure. Each and every practice, if it\u2019s a good one, we try and fail over and over again. This is just part of the game. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called \u201cpractice\u201d.<\/p>\n

And as we explore new music and new challenges<\/a>, as we discover new possibilities of movement and expression<\/a>, we constantly face the unknown.<\/p>\n

Many times, we don\u2019t even know what we don\u2019t know. We\u2019re not yet aware of what \u201ccould be\u201d, so it\u2019s not an issue. As we progress in our music, we find more and more that we don\u2019t know. Every time we get to the top of one mountain, we see more and bigger ones before us.<\/p>\n

There is a period of time between discovering what we don\u2019t know, and the point where we know it (or at least how we\u2019ll go about looking for the answer). It\u2019s in this interval – this no-man\u2019s land of confusion and conscious ignorance, where we know we don\u2019t know – that we face fear and uncertainty.<\/p>\n

Here, we don\u2019t know what the best next move is. We don\u2019t know what to try. We may not even know what to research or who to ask to get started. We\u2019re just \u201cat a loss\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is where we must be courageous. We only need courage in scary places. That\u2019s what makes it hard.<\/p>\n

In our music, in our daily practice, growth happens as a result of challenge. We learn most when we ride the razor\u2019s edge between hard and too hard.<\/p>\n

When something is too hard, the answer is simplify<\/a>. When we\u2019re in the dark, we can feel around for one little bit that we can work on. And from there, we may find another little bit. Eventually, things become clearer and we understand what\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

But to work through this process, we must embrace the unknown. We must become comfortable being uncomfortable. We must form habit of courage and a willingness to experiment until something seems promising.<\/p>\n

In this way, inch by inch, we conquer first one unknown, then another<\/a>. Until eventually, discovering new unknowns moves from bringing fear to inviting exhilaration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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