Part 1 of the emotion lecture, umm, we had to leave class early, listen to find out why….
Music “Cheer Up Emo Kid” by Patent Pending
[tags]Dave Brodbeck, Emotion, Psychology, Algoma University, Patent Pending,Cheer Up Emo Kid[/tags]
That title should be self explanatory…
Another good example of a field that requires overtraining is the martial arts–there is no point at which a practitioner is told, okay, you’ve got that one, lleave that kata or form alone and move on, the practice is all additive. (Under, I would guess, the assumption that actually trying to kill armed opponents with one’s bare hands is apt to be stressful.)
STIV-The Voyage Home–best Star Trek movie, hands down! (No, I’m from Iowa. I only work in outer space.)
Oh, and musicians and dancers also overtrain–so far as I know Baryshnikov still takes class every day, and Itzchak Perlman practices every day, and I don’t think there’s much in the way of basics they still need to learn. But in the arts they say they practice like that not so they can perform under pressure but so that in performance they can forget technique (the steps, the notes) and focus on the art (the dance, the music). Interesting.