studio non troppo : music : facilitation

When, early in a day, we have a chance to engage our real work, we often feel real in return, purposeful and potent.

If then we turn and attend to the problems around us, it will be no disadvantage that we bring our encouraged selves. A few of the more timid, trifling problems may even evaporate.

There is something inherently self-contradictory about trying to force someone to develop their intrinsic motivation. Intrinsically-motivated creativity can be enormously valuable, but does it make sense to bring out the carrots and sticks?