Response to Blog- Perfection

Let me start out by saying that I will try to make this as clear and relevant to the point as possible. In her blog, Amy asks is perfection possible. My answer is no. To now how many views of perfection there is, you would have to count how many people there are in the world. No one is perfect, we all have our flaws and quirks that make us imperfect; that make us human. There was a time when humans were perfect; but then the entrance of sin into the world just took perfection out and then entered in flaws. Afterwards, the only perfection that I can think about reaches into my Christian views with the example of Christ. But like I said I will keep it relevant to the class.
Amy basically said what I am going to say. Perfection to one person is not perfection to another. Each person has a certain standard that they try to reach and once (if) reached this is what they call perfection. Another persons standard may be lower than that of the first person, then deeming their work as perfection even though to the first person it isn't. Then if a third person came into the picture, and this person had the highest standard which surpassed the first person and the second person, their achievements would be perfection in their eyes. Though the third person has this thing that they deem as perfect, the first to people may not see it as so, stating that person three, over did it causing what had the potential to be perfect to become not perfect.
It is a confusing topic, but perfection is in the eye of the person who set the standards; and no two standards are the same. In the concept of music, this is why people don't like the same music; they have a standard as to what music is perfect to them and what music isn't. Some people may be satisfied with a song that has a certain amount of notes, or a song played by a certain band, or even a musician that uses a particular technique. A song having met a persons standard/ expectation may be deemed as perfect to THAT person. On the other hand, another person may like a particular tempo, combined in a particular key, with a bit of complexity. This can be deemed as perfection to another. This is why all artists have to do is do what feels right to them and not worry about the audience. They need to concentrate on what the music is telling them to do, and try and reach their own personal satisfaction. So the question is answered, there is no such thing as perfection in everyday life (not touching on religion). Perfection is an individual concept, and will remain so.

My question is: Can musicians get caught up in trying to learn techniques that they forget to actually pay attention and truly listen to the music they are playing?