Judy wrote:
>Sorry, I find your "logic" to be rather seriously flawed!
>You don't have to believe that they work, but you have to believe that it
is
>possible that they might work.
I myself didn't say you have to believe that they work. You did ( '>If you
don't believe that affirmations will help, then they probably won't.) and
most 'affirmationists' do. I just reached logical conclusions. Anyway, don't
you agree that believing 'that it is possible that they might work' is being
in doubt? If you're in doubt, you don't actually believe them. But affirming
things implies not only saying things, but believing them, what makes
affirmation and doubt incompatible, which is exactly what makes you in your
previous e-mail and most 'affirmationists' relatively right - and you now
wrong ( sorry, it's a harsh adjective, but better than 'flawed' ) - when
assuming believing affirmations is necessary for even trying them
( relatively right since I'm not taking into consideration what I said about
hard-work, of course ). Since you want to try affirmations, why don't you
try this one: "I'll be consistent. I'll keep my arguments unchanged when
discussing a topic". That is, if the prefix un- in unchanged is not ruled
out of affirmations along with 'no', 'not', and the like!
>Now the big question: why are you so threatened by the possibility that
>affirmations might be an effective tool for singers?
No, I'm threatened by the idea that one thinking something is true, that
something will automatically be true! It's a New Age-ish magical thought
that will lead civilization to destruction sooner or later. It's
pseudo-scientific voodoo! It has to do with our previous discussions on
Cultural War. It's taking the individual as the measure of all things. And
in this case it's even more serious: it's not only artistic values. It's
reality itself! That would lead to the creation of a psychotic society:
living in castles built in the air by themselves ( 'by themselves' should be
understood here in both ways: built by themselves and living there by
themselves ). It's part of a whole pathology in the society based on
misconceptions about mysticism, psychology, anthropology, etc. Not far is
the day when someone who thinks to be Napoleon will be encouraged by their
parents, teachers, psychiatrists, etc. As to their being not effective tools
for singers, I mean they're not effective for anyon! As I put it somewhere,
hard-work based on realistic ( not pessimistic, I should add ) assessment of
reality are the only logical ways I can see that lead to improvement.
That's it!
Bye,
Caio Rossi
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