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  "textContent": "_Telling myself this a lot right now about my composing “career”, such as it is/not._\n\nSome days, it’s nearly impossible not to despair of ever having my music find an audience. Say I finish the symphony: simple math still says it’ll likely never be played, even likelier never be recorded. (Getting a new symphony played, still less recorded, is _very_ hard.) This is one of those days.\n\nOn these days, the thing I do is: remind myself that “little likelihood” (which is not hyperbole but reality) is not the same as “no chance”. And what _is_ the same as “no chance”? Not finishing the work at all. An unfinished symphony definitely won’t get played.\n\nMy ethos has always been winning slowly; it’s just that the “slowly” part is sometimes nearly crushing. But “winning” in the ways that matter _only_ happens slowly. So: show up, do the work, keep on.\n\n* * *\n\nThanks for reading my feed! Thoughts, comments, or questions? Shoot me an email!",
  "title": "[notes] Do Not Despair of Good Work",
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