There are moments in a drunkard's recovery that are referred to as "A moment of clarity", people that other than a drunkard might refer to these moments as an "ephifany" or an "ah ha" moment. For that instant you see things clearly, your vision is better, your hands are magic, for that moment it all just seems to make sense.
There isn't much thought involved, your movements are automatic, your progression is smooth. However... that moment is all too fleeting and extremely rare. It was there, then it was gone. DAMN IT!! and if it was there it can return.
Very talanted musicians seem to live in these moments. They hear a piece and they play it, it can happen with a chef, a mechanic, or a mathematician like in Good Will Hunting, or just about anything else, maybe Pro's have this. They just know, it just makes sense. It's not about thought, it's about reflex, letting it flow.
You see it, then you do it. I had this for a brief moment recently. I approached the table to practice, I broke the rack and BANG! It was like a light came on. I could just see it, I saw it all, right there, it just made sense. Before I realized it I had ran out that rack and the moment was gone, it was the most frustrating feeling that you can imagine.
I tried to get it back but I believe my brain got in the way. I tried to analyze what had happened, but I really couldn't remember. I had just played. I believe that in my moment of clarity I saw the table and instead of seeing one ball at a time or three shots ahead or whatever formula we all use. I had accepted the balls as a group, much like a speed reader sees the page before him.
The human mind is conditioned to respond to things one at a time. Even when multi-tasking, still, you work one issue at a time.
Now, we've all had times where we've played well above our heads, matches where we can't miss, but really, when were you ever really a Jedi at the table? Playing well, playing far beyond our talent level is one thing, but this was different. Strange as it may sound my game flowed from the Force.
Remember Dustin Hoffman in "Rainman"? It was like that, but without the K Mart underwear. In that movie he looked at the cards and he just knew, I don't know what he knew, but he knew, it all made sense.
I'm a musician, I have trained and performed, and though I haven't done it in years I can listen to a piece and write it down. I recognize that is a gift that I've pissed away, but I know that feeling and there it was. I didn't have to think about it, I just let it flow.
In the last several days since my game has improved by a few steps, I'm learning not to think too much, not to let my brain get in the way. I'll break a rack, 8 ball or 9 ball and before I can remember what I just did I'm racking again. The epiphany hasn't really returned, but man o man, I know it's right there.
Anyone else have this type of thing happen? It's really cool.
There isn't much thought involved, your movements are automatic, your progression is smooth. However... that moment is all too fleeting and extremely rare. It was there, then it was gone. DAMN IT!! and if it was there it can return.
Very talanted musicians seem to live in these moments. They hear a piece and they play it, it can happen with a chef, a mechanic, or a mathematician like in Good Will Hunting, or just about anything else, maybe Pro's have this. They just know, it just makes sense. It's not about thought, it's about reflex, letting it flow.
You see it, then you do it. I had this for a brief moment recently. I approached the table to practice, I broke the rack and BANG! It was like a light came on. I could just see it, I saw it all, right there, it just made sense. Before I realized it I had ran out that rack and the moment was gone, it was the most frustrating feeling that you can imagine.
I tried to get it back but I believe my brain got in the way. I tried to analyze what had happened, but I really couldn't remember. I had just played. I believe that in my moment of clarity I saw the table and instead of seeing one ball at a time or three shots ahead or whatever formula we all use. I had accepted the balls as a group, much like a speed reader sees the page before him.
The human mind is conditioned to respond to things one at a time. Even when multi-tasking, still, you work one issue at a time.
Now, we've all had times where we've played well above our heads, matches where we can't miss, but really, when were you ever really a Jedi at the table? Playing well, playing far beyond our talent level is one thing, but this was different. Strange as it may sound my game flowed from the Force.
Remember Dustin Hoffman in "Rainman"? It was like that, but without the K Mart underwear. In that movie he looked at the cards and he just knew, I don't know what he knew, but he knew, it all made sense.
I'm a musician, I have trained and performed, and though I haven't done it in years I can listen to a piece and write it down. I recognize that is a gift that I've pissed away, but I know that feeling and there it was. I didn't have to think about it, I just let it flow.
In the last several days since my game has improved by a few steps, I'm learning not to think too much, not to let my brain get in the way. I'll break a rack, 8 ball or 9 ball and before I can remember what I just did I'm racking again. The epiphany hasn't really returned, but man o man, I know it's right there.
Anyone else have this type of thing happen? It's really cool.
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