Twyla Tharp
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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But the more kind of distracting it is and the harder it is to focus, part of that's physical, but part of it is also that there are many more options available with accomplishment, if you will, but you have to be selective about what you have available to you to work with.
In the earlier phase, you'll take what you can get.
And now if you take what you can get, you will be very wildly distracted by everything.
Because somewhere over the rainbow syndrome, right?
Garland always was asked for one song.
John, anyone is always asked for their hit because everyone wants to touch upon that which seems to somehow be their greatest accomplishment.
It's aggravating.
I mean, obviously it's called cubbyholing.
And for the person doing the work,
There are artists who work serially, right?
Who work in series and who make incremental changes.
And they kind of have, in a way, a stab at the best of all possible worlds.
But there are others who feel that, okay, you got that, I got to go over here.
And that's because, in a way, they're right.
Because if you want to constantly be, it's a game, you want to be gaining the attention, you do it by change.
You don't do it by reinforcing.
That just creates a comfort zone.
And it can build a reputation.