Violin Motivation

Everything around is a dichotomy, containing both good and evil. It is what influences them, affects how they act and think. A person must view the larger picture involving both aspects or else be biased by one side. As there are always two sides to one coin, a person or object can never be just one characteristic.

In 7th grade, playing the violin became a passion of mine. When I first picked up the violin with my hands and felt the string vibrate, the fascination of the functionality of the violin and the beautiful music that sprung from its strings flowed all throughout me. The rush of music took me by a storm, often making me practice for hours and hours on end, in preparation for my placement exam that was coming up. However, while most of my peers have been playing for years, whereas I had just begun, the upcoming placement exams were something that I wasn’t ready for. I had hit my first limitation. I was determined to master the violin, but its difficulty quickly brought challenges with it. The violin was too hard for me to master and the competition that came with it was extreme. There was no way

However, throughout the year, all I saw was the darkness in violin. My motivation for my original desire to master the violin was lost. People often found me complaining about why my decision to choose such an instrument was a mistake and all it held was evil. Finally, when I saw my best friend perform his exam piece with grace and poise, I realized I had lost a positive outlook on violin. Throughout the week before exams, I once again began practicing nonstop, and my passion was stronger than ever. I stopped complaining about the difficult pieces and the horrendous competitions. Violin did not seem completely pleasant to me, but rather more favorable than it was ever to me before. I turned my sense of distraught and hatred into a feeling of perseverance and