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As one who offers demonstrations as an important part of my teaching repertoire. I am well aware while I am painting in front of many I am constantly surrounded by three voices.
Voice #1 tells me what to look for, what decisions to make and what actions to take. For those who are football fans voice #1 sounds very much like John Facenda, the original voice of NFL Films.
Since I am teaching while I demonstrate, voice #2 is my own, offering a running commentary explaining what I'm doing and why I've made the choices I have. Voice #2 likes to tell jokes. If people are laughing it's much harder to hear voice #3.
Voice #3 Is the running commentary inside of my head, unceasingly bombarding me with self doubts, considerations, and insults. Voice #3 tends to sound like my mother.
The key is to focus on voice #1, allow voice #2 the freedom of expression and not take voice #3 too seriously. This is the key to being able to focus. People who pay too much attention to voice #3 tend to do very bad things.
Interesting enough, all three of these voices are present wherever I go and whatever I do.
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