http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g65oWFMSoK0&feature=mh_lolz&list=FLAMyBSvuO3Ik
I don't know how many times I have watched this video. When I watch a professional violinist perform, I see something in them, something that amazes me, and kills me a bit at the same time. I've tried to explain it before, but I can never quite find the right words.
Watch it for yourself, maybe you will see it and understand. If you don't have time to watch the whole thing, skip to 8 minutes - the 'storm' movement. What I see in the soloist when she plays, the trance-like state she goes in, I have seen various times before... And it affects me so much because I know that all I can do is watch - I am powerless; I can't feel what she is feeling, I can only imagine.
It amazes me the amount of power a performer has, It's like an energy that absorbs them. The few experiences of performing solo that I have had, have been some of the best experiences of my life, and it's been too long. When I watch someone else perform, I miss it incredibly.
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