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Why do we . . . ?

Author: Philip Caron
Date: 2016-06-26 03:29

Thinking about another thread on motivation brought some questions to mind, or maybe variations on one vague overarching question.

Why do we play clarinet? Why do we pursue it? Why do we work at it? Why do we play in the situations we do? What's the final goal?

I suppose if one knew answers like that, they'd know something about motivation, or possibly about motivating. When I answer those kind of questions for myself, I can't entirely admire the answers; there seems to be some selfishness involved, in the guise of wanting to be valued. Just liking music is part of it too, but I might in cold honesty rate that aspect to be sort of unimportant: rather, music is to a degree just something that happens with me whether I like it or no.

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