Dr. Joyce DiDonato!!!!! :') Really, really really love her. She is a huge inspiration: 1. 'There will always be more freedom to acquire and more truth to uncover. As an artist you will never arrive at a final destination and this is the glory and the reward of striving to master your craft, and embarking on the path of curiosity and imagination while being tireless in your pursuit of something greater than yourself.' 2. 'The work - sorry, I hate to say it - the work will never end.' 3. 'When things become overwhelming - again, they will become overwhelming repeatedly - whether its via unexpected rapid success or in heartwrenching devastating failure - the way back to your centre is always to return to the work. Oftentimes it will be the only thing that makes sense to you. And it is there that you will find solace and truth. At the keyboard, at the bar... always return to your homebase and trust that you will find your way again via the music...be patient and know that it will always be there for you, even if in some moments you lack the will to be there for it.' 4. '...this is freeing and this is empowering. You may not realise it yet but you have not signed up for a life of glory and adulation...for glory will always be transitory and will surely disappear as fleetingly and arbitrarily as it appeared. The truth is, you've signed up for a life of service. A life of service is what going into the arts is. The life-altering results of that service in other peoples' lives will never disappear as fame unquestionably will. You are here to serve the words, the director, the melody, the author, the chord progression, the choreographer. But above all, and with every breath... you're here to serve humanity...you're now servants to the ear that needs quiet solace...servants to the mind that needs desperate repose or pointed inquiry...' 5. 'You're a servant to the eager, naive, optimistic ones, who will come behind you with wide eyes and wild dreams, reminding you of yourself as you teach and shape and mould them, even though you might be plagued with haunting doubts yourself, just as your teachers likely were. And you will reach out to them and generously invite them to soar and to thrive because we are called to share this thing called art.' ----- Her outlook is exactly what Dweck means when she writes: 'Do people with this mindset believe that anyone can be anything, that anyone with proper motivation or education can become Einstein or Beethoven? No, but they believe that a person’s true potential is unknown (and unknowable); that it’s impossible to foresee what can be accomplished with years of passion, toil, and training.'
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