The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159836   Message #3788425
Posted By: DMcG
03-May-16 - 11:53 AM
Thread Name: doing Playford right
Subject: RE: doing Playford right
I wouldn't disagree with most of that. Mo. There is certainly a place for getting things 'as correct as possible' in most things. I do think, though, that it is very easy to lose sight what the purpose is when you concentrate on perfection. I don't say everyone does, by any means, but the risk is there. For example, my daughter was very keen on Irish dancing and frequently went into competitions where, being relatively junior, the assessors had maybe thirty or forty people to get through in an hour; so four people would start simultaneously, dance for four or five seconds and the bell would ring: off you go, next batch. For my tastes, that misses the whole joy of the thing. You get the same in music sometimes: some people are so focused on getting technical perfection that they forget it is the slight variation in timings, emphasis and so on that humanises the music and that is what brings it to life.