What are some of your most artistically freeing experiences ?

[m1469]

As is somewhat usual for me, I am pondering some topics that feel quite hefty to me and there is also some "transitioning" going on for me.  I was going about my morning, feeling a little in angst over some things and so on, but then another "voice" stepped in and asked myself a question :

"Maybe this is not fun and comfortable, but don't you already like it better "here" than how you felt on the other side of it ?"

And, I will admit, my answer was a definate "yes."  There are elements of being on the "other side" of wherever I am at for the moment, that were just becoming very limiting for me.  I suppose this is what has propelled me forward; my desire to experience more freedom.  And, already, there are elements of what I am doing now that feel better, though the walk is a bit dark and scary *seeming.*  Regardless of the "things" that would like to keep me back, I feel a sense of promise in where I am going.

I know that what I am saying sounds vague, perhaps, but I felt that it was more appropriate for me to share some manner of where this question is coming from, rather than just ask the question.  I don't think that details matter all that much, at this point. 

Anyway, I would be interested to find out your answers to the topic question, as much as you wish to reveal .

Cheers !
m1469

[pianowolfi]

Challenging and interesting

I often hear people say that there is a difference between "freedom from something" and "freedom to something". At the time I am searching more for the freedom "To". Free to do what I really want. I quote from my post in the motto thread:

To do something because I have no other possibility is a fact in my life, but not enough reason for doing it. To do something against any opinions of many people around me is a fact in my life but not enough reason for doing it. To do something to survive is a fact in my life but not reason enough for doing it. But to do something because I *want*: that is enough reason for doing it.

"Want" in this context means to me not only a wish, not only a desire, but a free creative impulse. I can't be more specific because I am not ready to share some of the most intimate artistic experiences I have, with the public.

[pianistimo]

well tuned pianos can be artistically freeing. 

finding out after the fact - that you just did something either really stupid or really daring.  not having time to get all panicky and choke on your breathing - but to just zone in and do something really well.  i suppose the most artistic thing to do is practice.

hearing jascha haifetz.

taking out a student loan. ? ? ?

hearing someone bash everything you thought was proper and attempting to build from the ground floor up some semblance of a structure that has hurricane ties  and yet moves on it's foundation?  i suppose, to be very honest, i would feel more musical if i could distinguish chords better and automatically know what they are (in what inversion) and never be lost in a piece of music.

[Bob]

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[goldentone]

What familiarity with the piano can do, and which I wish to improve:

Looking away from the piano, particularly up a bit.   

Closing my eyes.

When I do these things, it frees the music and me up. 

[m]

What are some of your most artistically freeing experiences?

End of the concert, last encore is over, in the green room accepting congratulations--in fact, THAT would be a perfect time just to start the concert.
Too bad it is over...

[term]

What are some of your most artistically freeing experiences ?

Sit down, delete all the fortes, pianos, crescendos, accents, trills, everything, have a naked bunch of notes, change half of what is written, add things to the other part, learn to play it.
 
This is so incredibly fun. Especially with a bach fugue, just delete a voice and add another or keep the voices and add another. Music is *outside* of all patterns and rules. I don't need to have an artistical or musical justification for it, i just do with the music whatever i want, and it automatically has a sense in itself. Whether the result sounds good or bad is another thing, and is subjective, but i improve.

[rc]

Improvisation is fun.  I used to zone out improvising on guitar.  Without realizing it, slowly spinning around in circles until the cord is wrapped around my feet...  I ought to do more of that on the piano.

Sit down, delete all the fortes, pianos, crescendos, accents, trills, everything, have a naked bunch of notes, change half of what is written, add things to the other part, learn to play it.
 
This is so incredibly fun. Especially with a bach fugue, just delete a voice and add another or keep the voices and add another. Music is *outside* of all patterns and rules. I don't need to have an artistical or musical justification for it, i just do with the music whatever i want, and it automatically has a sense in itself. Whether the result sounds good or bad is another thing, and is subjective, but i improve.

I've read that's basically the method Bach himself learned to compose by.  Also that Mozarts first piano concerti were based off of other peoples music.