Ah, recital season, which also means "audition season"...

Are you prepared, are you ready for the self-doubt, the anxiety and the woulda-shoulda-coulda after thoughts?

Well, artsie, maybe you can find some solace in my words.

I've see the best and worst of folks when presentation gets confused with competition. 

Art is not a competition. Expression is not a race.

Creativity is not something to be seen as a goal post or something to exceed.

You create because you must; and if you honour precedes your delivery,  you may claim success!