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The performer is particularly vulnerable when:
1. They are tuning;
2. They are about to go onstage.
When tuning an instrument, a performer is tuning themself.
This is part of the performer's preparation. When about to go onstage,
the performer is (let us assume) prepared. Both points are liminal & at both
the performer is vulnerable & this vulnerability is instinctively sensed by
anyone who wants to attack them. One form of attack, not often recognised
as such, is the demand for attention.
Robert Fripp
The performer is particularly vulnerable when:
1. They are tuning;
2. They are about to go onstage.
When tuning an instrument, a performer is tuning themself.
This is part of the performer's preparation. When about to go onstage,
the performer is (let us assume) prepared. Both points are liminal & at both
the performer is vulnerable & this vulnerability is instinctively sensed by
anyone who wants to attack them. One form of attack, not often recognised
as such, is the demand for attention.
Robert Fripp
