Teaching Compared to Doing

What are the differences between teaching a creative practice and doing the creative practice?   This topic has many branches. The goal of this talk is to chisel out the general considerations. Creative practice as in painting, writing, dancing, singing, playing an instrument, composing music. The verbal phrase is explored too: compared to, along with, as opposed to.   What about when a teacher has a creative practice in the realm that they’re teaching? Can we teach creative acts? What are the differences between a teacher of great notoriety in a creative field or lesser notoriety? Should the teacher within their teaching advocate for the stylistic approach that they emerge from? Or should they teach within their realm broadly while allowing students to go into their own direction? What is any teacher’s role in the cultivation and construction of any student’s becoming as an artist? The teacher doesn’t have the practice: what about when that’s the case?   A consideration of sports is brought up. I refer to an essay from Consider the volley. The essay is titled “Coaches and Judges” and is reprinted in the show notes.