Comments on: Perfectionism Kills http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/ A rhythmic paradigm of music, culture and progress Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: keith http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-454 keith Tue, 21 Sep 2010 02:08:01 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-454 Jeff, thank you for using the word axiom. It's like axe, axle, axel rose, idiom, and axis bold as love all rolled into one. Jeff, thank you for using the word axiom. It’s like axe, axle, axel rose, idiom, and axis bold as love all rolled into one.

]]> By: Jeff Shattuck http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Jeff Shattuck Mon, 20 Sep 2010 22:53:50 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-453 Keith, Good stuff, totally agree. Here two axioms I (try) to live by: 1) Kill your babies. In other words, if you love a line but it doesn't fit the song, chuck it or save it for another song. 2) Don't try to write and think at the same time. Think. Write. Think. Write. Reason: you can't both try to figure what you want to say and say it all at the same time. Jeff Keith,

Good stuff, totally agree. Here two axioms I (try) to live by:

1) Kill your babies. In other words, if you love a line but it doesn’t fit the song, chuck it or save it for another song.

2) Don’t try to write and think at the same time. Think. Write. Think. Write. Reason: you can’t both try to figure what you want to say and say it all at the same time.

Jeff

]]> By: keith http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-452 keith Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:20:28 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-452 I haven't read one of his fictions in years but I just read a book he wrote about writing called 'On Writing'. Great and informative read. I still can't believe he wrote 'Shawshank Redemption... I haven’t read one of his fictions in years but I just read a book he wrote about writing called ‘On Writing’. Great and informative read. I still can’t believe he wrote ‘Shawshank Redemption…

]]> By: Vonya http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-451 Vonya Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:08:42 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-451 I'll come back to these points you've made when I'm ready to start/finish this thing. Good article! I’ll come back to these points you’ve made when I’m ready to start/finish this thing. Good article!

]]> By: Vonya http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Vonya Mon, 20 Sep 2010 04:07:42 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-450 Thanks Keith--I agree with what you said about being in a diff place and having a fresh perspective. I remember reading that quote from S.K. I have read quite a few of his books, although now I prefer a little less macabre genre as I think about it a little too much when I'm trying to get to sleep. I do read 'The Stand' every few years. That one is on my shelf. Thanks Keith–I agree with what you said about being in a diff place and having a fresh perspective. I remember reading that quote from S.K. I have read quite a few of his books, although now I prefer a little less macabre genre as I think about it a little too much when I’m trying to get to sleep. I do read ‘The Stand’ every few years. That one is on my shelf.

]]> By: keith http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-449 keith Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-449 Vonya, I wonder how much you will change when you finally come back to it. You'll probably be at a very different place in life so you'll have some fresh perspective I'm sure. Stephen King said just because something is hard to write, doesn't mean it's not good. Vonya, I wonder how much you will change when you finally come back to it. You’ll probably be at a very different place in life so you’ll have some fresh perspective I’m sure. Stephen King said just because something is hard to write, doesn’t mean it’s not good.

]]> By: Vonya http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Vonya Mon, 20 Sep 2010 03:12:08 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-448 I think this is really applicable to our response to anything in life. We can try to come up with the perfect product, whether it be a musical piece, or a book... because we are afraid of failure. I had that experience writing my dissertation. I did crank half of it out, but had some kind of mental block to finishing those last few chapters. I would try to write, rework it all in my mind, and was unable to put anything down. And now I am too busy with my family to even think about it. To this day, there is a very dusty copy of this beast on a shelf in my garage. For now, it's kind of unfinished business. It may remain that way. I've begrudgingly made peace with it...for now. I think this is really applicable to our response to anything in life. We can try to come up with the perfect product, whether it be a musical piece, or a book… because we are afraid of failure. I had that experience writing my dissertation. I did crank half of it out, but had some kind of mental block to finishing those last few chapters. I would try to write, rework it all in my mind, and was unable to put anything down. And now I am too busy with my family to even think about it. To this day, there is a very dusty copy of this beast on a shelf in my garage. For now, it’s kind of unfinished business. It may remain that way. I’ve begrudgingly made peace with it…for now.

]]> By: If a Tree Falls in the Woods Can You Call It Music? http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-198 If a Tree Falls in the Woods Can You Call It Music? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:36:17 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-198 [...] don’t get me wrong- I respect John Cage. In fact I respect most anyone who is willing to explore and push the boundaries of any convention- musical, artistic, philosophica.... I may think they are wrong; I may think they are foolish or perhaps even dangerous, but I still [...] [...] don’t get me wrong- I respect John Cage. In fact I respect most anyone who is willing to explore and push the boundaries of any convention- musical, artistic, philosophica…. I may think they are wrong; I may think they are foolish or perhaps even dangerous, but I still [...]

]]> By: Heitha http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Heitha Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:55:17 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-6 I love to be imperfect and fail! You know why? Because I learn from my mistakes! I love to be imperfect and fail! You know why? Because I learn from my mistakes!

]]> By: Sarka http://www.behindthekit.com/2009/01/02/perfectionism-kills/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Sarka Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:02:20 +0000 http://www.behindthekit.com/?p=44#comment-5 Perfectionism stifles anything and perfectionists are one of the most annoying people in the world :) Perfectionism stifles anything and perfectionists are one of the most annoying people in the world :)

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