You're a musician (pro or dedicated amateur) who's spent years studying, practicing endlessly, doing your best to master your craft. After a performance where you've *really* busted your guts, 2 people come up to talk to you.
One's a musician who knows **exactly** how tough your pieces were, and how magnificantly you did, and who compliments you highly on the performance. You're getting the acclaim of a talented peer, and it feels GREAT!!
The other is a complete musical nitwit (like me!), who knows NOTHING concerning music theory or performance....but who can only give you such profound comments like "it was so gorgeous, I wanted to cry; don't know WHY it felt so wonderful, but it did, and thank you!" while bubbling over with pleasure that she doesn't have the ability to quantify?
Is the musician likely to wince and put on a polite strained smile at the ignorant compliment, or take it as "best possible, under circumstances"? I really don't want to offend anyone. Help!
2006-10-06
04:01:35
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samiracat
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