-People hit three pointers everyday. All around the world, thousands of people shoot from the three point line and make it. So why are some three pointers more special than others?
-If you miss the game winning shot and the buzzer sounds and then you go pick up the ball and hit the same shot ten time in a row, no one cares. Why?
-Why isn’t the game exactly like practice?
There’s a reason the seats face the stage. There is something special about the stage. About doing it in front of people. About the weird stepped up energy in a room when a lot of people are focusing on a few people.
Doing it in front of people takes the performer closer to the edge. Yes I’m able to do this but now all these people believe THIS is what I do. And they might believe this is who I am. It might start to blur and weave the lines of ability and identity. Which adds pressure…I need to live up to my ability because my ability defines my identity.
The stage brings so many things together. This is why we watch. We know there’s been plenty of practicing and rehearsing but then that last step onto the stage and into the spotlight does something else.
