tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post7931034870922863324..comments2023-08-05T06:08:33.761-05:00Comments on dear hugh laurie: this is not, i repeat, NOT back-door bragging:lisa c.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04548017546243872250noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-81299711007853096812010-08-11T09:28:12.420-05:002010-08-11T09:28:12.420-05:00risa this is jeehoon. you can vomit now.risa this is jeehoon. you can vomit now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-50932306424156674152010-07-31T10:13:28.049-05:002010-07-31T10:13:28.049-05:00is this jeehoon? i will throw up with excitement ...is this jeehoon? i will throw up with excitement if this is jeehoon. if you're not jeehoon, that's ok too i just won't vomit probablylisa c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04548017546243872250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-2737927734182324792010-07-31T06:14:04.045-05:002010-07-31T06:14:04.045-05:00i saw u on korean tv sitting beside dennis for a s...i saw u on korean tv sitting beside dennis for a seoulphil concert. great bow control. next time ur in kimcheeland gimme a shoutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-65450289990528207672010-07-31T05:56:05.059-05:002010-07-31T05:56:05.059-05:00risarisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-32724670934291902662009-11-16T01:46:03.258-06:002009-11-16T01:46:03.258-06:00no, i'm not andre agassi... this ain't USW...no, i'm not andre agassi... this ain't USWeekly (a great publication, btw)lisa c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04548017546243872250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-87180522942704797862009-11-15T19:46:17.397-06:002009-11-15T19:46:17.397-06:00Are you going to write your tell-all now and tell ...Are you going to write your tell-all now and tell us you've been on Crystal Meth the WHOLE TIME?? :) Loved reading about how this stuff works in your mind/body. I never knew it was this complex.Ann Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841819360060900538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-9491625190217177402009-11-15T12:19:07.519-06:002009-11-15T12:19:07.519-06:00kva--these are just advanced ways to shortcut neur...kva--these are just advanced ways to shortcut neurosis and lack of practicing. don't be fooled! you are not homer simpson, you are wonderwoman--you probably just do this already. i enjoy talking about this part, since violin as violin is just too intimidating and i'm violin-phobic if i am really honest about it. it's like ice skating in shorty skirt at the olympics without even having taking a lesson. <br />COFFEE is a must for this sort of thinking. Davin is also my coffee consultant--nice sleuthing there, chibi! also, this is important: have you watched WHAT THE BLEEP DO I KNOW? cuz that is critically important to getting in this zone.lisa c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04548017546243872250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-5841149025015891182009-11-15T12:14:07.833-06:002009-11-15T12:14:07.833-06:00HA! to Davin: 1. your first line is total back-doo...HA! to Davin: 1. your first line is total back-door bragging--were you really in the post-dispatch? well, u are photogenic... 2. your comment made me feel good (even though you hinted that i have Neurotic Tendency Level 11)...3. interesting about the muscle paradox thing---how super interesting! how coolly f-ed up is that?-- 4. i was thinking also, if you are mostly a right-brained person by nature or by nurture (a fun childhood with lots of finger painting?) maybe you don't have to go to these extremes of smiling like a nutball or holding a fatty right before you have to play something stressful. maybe you're like ALREADY THERE. wouldn't that be nice? i gotta work at this fight every minute of my life. i think that's where i got in the habit of coming as late as possible to work (as if this is a reasonable excuse, but IT IS)--cuz i found that if i took a nap or just lazed around for the afternoon before a concert instead of drilling hard parts or even warming up--i ALWAYS played better, had higher percentage of nailing things. now, i think i took it a little extreme and barely make the concert, and my heart's pounding and my fingers stiff-- NOT optimal. i am so so thrilled that you like (?) to discuss this stuff. most people just tell me to go practice more. i'm serious.lisa c.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04548017546243872250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-81327486922819754582009-11-15T08:38:06.957-06:002009-11-15T08:38:06.957-06:00First the front page of the Post dispatch and now ...First the front page of the Post dispatch and now this, I can't seem to keep the paparazzi away. Part of the reason I've been reading all these brain/body books is to understand the 'Magic.' I think I misled you the other night when I said I don't like descriptions of 'clouds, grassy fields etc' to achieve an effect. I find this doesn't work in orchestra because you have 100 people executing their clouds according to their own definition. On a personal scale I do believe in the power of finding a desired mental image that creates a sensation in your body. I only really started believing this recently though because I was reading about how the brain focuses on a desired result to organize/prioritize your muscles. The more you strive for specific action from a muscle the less effective it is whereas imagining the result (even if that result is a sound you associate with seeing clouds) allows your muscles to work without that familiarly annoying voice that can tell you a thousand too many things at the wrong time (and in your case Lisa, about 6 million I'm guessing). One thing I am constantly amazed by (and kept thinking of as I read about your 'idiot smile') is how the correlation between muscles and feeling is a two way street. We all know that if you are happy you smile but if you are frightened/depressed/sad and you force yourself to make a big HUGE idiotic smile it's overwhelming likely that you will feel better immediately. Try it. I find it so useful that I hold a big fatty on my face for a good ten seconds right before I begin an audition (this does work better in the screened rounds... I think they may have thought I was a mental patient in Chicago).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08569450728246304104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-90559829652947173962009-11-14T17:03:17.827-06:002009-11-14T17:03:17.827-06:00i finally found the perfect analogy! when i read ...i finally found the perfect analogy! when i read your super smart and inspired and inspiring posts, i feel how i did RIGHT before my parents let me drop physics in high school. i knew there was cool stuff going on but i just could not keep up :>chibinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5519811033574438161.post-85514654333166071852009-11-14T16:29:37.352-06:002009-11-14T16:29:37.352-06:00i feel like homer simpson when i read your posts l...i feel like homer simpson when i read your posts like this one. i don't watch the simpsons at all (cartoons freak me out), but i know homer isn't the brightest bulb...wow, your brain goes a million miles a minute and i read your words and my brain slows to almost a complete halt. will caffeine help me?chibinoreply@blogger.com