It's all in the Mind...

Doesn't everyone agree that the mind is a powerful thing. It controls yr feelings, yr movements, yr reaction, it controls everything.

When u decide to feel good, everything will be great. Feelings... It's a normal phrase for ppl to say "I cannot control my feelings". But what control your feelings? Your mind does it. It is all in the mind. Mind controls yr feelings, and not the other way around.

My piano exam due soon, early December. My old teacher will use to take weeks before my exam to psycho me and teach me psychology, making me realize things which I never realized before, dealing with feelings, and your mind. It's basicly all a mind game.

I have now around 1 month plus, to search myself and to understand my feelings and be able to control it and let the best shine during that fourty five minutes of my exam. As a good piansist never let her emotions show when she plays. The only emotions shown is the emotion portrayed and written by the composer's. Meaning to say, even though she is heartbroken, she should be able to play a very lively and cheerful piece, and making it sound ultimately happy, hiding her true emotions.

If i can control my feelings, as needed for my piano playing, doesn't that make me seem 'fake'. So that whenever i wish, i can control my feelings, and not let my real feelings show. Is that something good, or bad? A point to ponder. Does that mean all musician are 'fake' people who dun show their true emotions?

Jazz players who plays music so romantic, laid back, sweet, relaxing does that make them romantic, happy go lucky, and laid back as a person or is it all jst a show when they r performing?

I have yet to master this skill.. Time will tell, esp when my results of my piano exam is released.