That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing of notes as abstractions.
“I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.”
“The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing - rare but profound - remains at the true heart of the enterprise. On their best days, writers all over the world are winning Pulitzers, all alone in their studios, with no one watchin”