Screenwriter, Randall Wallace (Secretariat), recently shared advice from his father who was a
salesman:
“People will almost never remember what you say, and just a little of
what you do, but they will remember how you make them feel.”
Wow… that is some
powerful wisdom and why do I bring it up for us to ponder? As artists we make
unique contacts with our viewers as we try to reach their inner being.
Our art is communication be it words, visual or auditory. We
are dealing with the senses and that is a big responsibility. The grand
propagandists know how to evoke and tap into these emotions. As artists, we are
trying to reach this inner human level ourselves and sometimes we are
successful. The feeling of success may be when we finish a piece and we step
back to see and exclaim, wow that is powerful.
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It may be that we have a responsibility to reach for that
wisdom of the salesman by keeping the audience in mind and not take this too
lightly. After all we are trying to communicate with that sense of feeling in
our audience.
The last composition Mozart created before his death was Clarinet Concerto in A Major. This is a familiar piece of music that will calm your
soul. Clear your mind for just a few minutes, close your eyes and just listen
to this wonderful gift. Mozart left us with a masterpiece. We do not think
about how he wrote this piece, or what he said about it, we think only of how
it makes us feel.
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Best wishes,
Joel
