Artists know the feedback is going to be there, good and bad, or that it could be there, or that it might be there, and that if there isn’t any feedback that that is feedback in and of itself…so they perform hoping they do a good job rather than simply doing the job.
Artists (especially young artists) nowadays judge themselves on stage in real time because they know everyone else is too and have a device in their pocket that will allow their snark to be heard by tens or hundreds or thousands of people.
Great performers just forget about it because they’re too busy being great performers.
p.s. So the next reasonable question is: As an artist, HOW do I get there?
Just breathe baby, you’ll get there, it’s happening right now.
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