This website or its third-party tools use cookies which are necessary to its functioning and required to improve your experience. By clicking the consent button, you agree to allow the site to use, collect and/or store cookies.
I accept

The Thriving Creative

Where creativity and business collide

  • About
  • Blog
  • Coaching
  • The Thriving Freelancer Beta Workshop
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Uncategorized / Offhand comments

Offhand comments

May 1, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

(this is another post I found buried which never got published. It’s from a few months ago

“Your voice sounds tired.” it was an off hand remark after I was trying to vocally warm up at 7:45am before heading out the door to teach all day and do another performance of my show.
How am I meant to react to that statement, even if true? I have only had 6 hours sleep, I’ve taught 2 full days this week and performed a vocally demanding, sung through show every night. Plus it’s spring, the theatre is filthy and my allergies are going crazy. And let’s not forget I am commuting at least 4-5 hours a day on trains and tubes. It’s a wonder I can sing at all. A bit of wonder plus a lot of vocal technique. What’s keeping me going is a quote I read once where the great Pavarotti said he had about 5 days a year he felt he was in good voice and the rest was technique. If he can sing that well, consistently, on days he didn’t feel were his best, then I can take my best shot.
But back to the off hand comment, how do I not let that creep underneath my already thin-feeling skin? How much can you just shrug off?

If you love someone who is a performer please be sensitive to when they are feeling vulnerable. There is a time and place for the truth but there are also times when a little white lie goes a long way. People talk about ‘luvvies’, you know the theatre people where everyone is a ‘sweetie darling’ and everything is ‘fabtastic’. Well guess what? Sometimes that’s the pixie dust that allows us to fly even when our wings are feeling tired.

20120501-064931.jpg

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Did you enjoy this post? Join our VIP List!

Want to be kept up-to-date on The Thriving Creative? Join our VIP list to receive notification about upcoming online courses, workshops and events to help you thrive.

We respect your privacy and your details will never be shared.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recent Posts

  • The Mindful Freelancer: Nine Attitudes for Thriving in the Creative Economy – Part 1 – Non-Judging
  • Pivoting When You Don’t Know Where the Other Foot is Going to Land
  • Help! My Child Wants to Go Into The Arts
  • Confidence Doesn’t Exist. Quit Chasing It.
  • IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret to a Creative Entrepreneur’s Success!

Social Icons

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Archives

Search Form

Social Media Connections

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Search Form

Recent Posts

  • The Mindful Freelancer: Nine Attitudes for Thriving in the Creative Economy – Part 1 – Non-Judging
  • Pivoting When You Don’t Know Where the Other Foot is Going to Land
  • Help! My Child Wants to Go Into The Arts
  • Confidence Doesn’t Exist. Quit Chasing It.
  • IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret to a Creative Entrepreneur’s Success!

Post Categories

  • Home
  • Blog
  • Contact

"Go on working, freely and furiously, and you will make progress." Paul Gauguin

Privacy Policy