This collage is a play on balance, justice, and equality, but it is a really useful tool for me to keep on my wall so I can glance at it while I am practicing. It reminds me that playing the violin or the viola requires balance of both sides of the body, and strength in the center. I realized only recently that many of the problems I have with tendonitis (and I get it in both forearms) come from over using one side of my body when I should be simply using both sides in balance.
I just thought I'd share this image here. The image might help other string players who experience forearm tendonitis.
2 comments:
That is lovely! I can imagine many people finding it useful to look at occasionally.
The standing figure looks like a choral conductor about to start a piece.
"over using one side of my body when I should be simply using both sides in balance."
When playing I often find myself forgetting that music making is a physical activity, by getting caught up in intonation issues or rhythms or whatever. How we use our body to make music affects both the music and our body.
The older I get the more I think this balance you're talking about within the body is a necessary condition for well made music. I really believe that on some intuitive or non-conscious level we can hear in the music they're making when someone is physically out of balance.
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