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In the biology of birds and mammals, altricial species are those in which the young are underdeveloped at the time of birth, but with the aid of their parents mature after birth. Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.
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obviously the concept of being a late bloomer or whatever is pretty accepted. but can we go farther and say that hitting your stride a ways into adulthood (rather than in its heavily romanticized early stages) can be more than a last minute correction, but an actively positive thing? that maybe something special's produced by the extra years of dreaming and planning and frustration and experimenting. the principle of not doing anything super ambitious until you can do it right. or is this all a personal cope on my part?
I remember a day in the studio when I composed L'oiseau moqueur [Mockingbird](1962) in one session. The piece enjoyed some success, and it was perhaps because of this piece that Schaeffer assigned me to the GRM. . . I knew that I needed more time to develop my capabilities. I wanted to learn more. And I must say that there were some very good composers at the GRM at this time, and I did not feel that I could compete with them. . . It was a terrifying period for a young composer, because there were many geniuses composing great works. I had the choice of either being a brash idiot, which would be quickly noticed, or being modest and waiting.
Prynne:
Certainly in the early stages I had to write the unloved poems. I couldn’t exorcise them unless I gave them the houseroom of a performance. Did it, went through with it, saw what came out, saw that it was not what I wanted to do, or that I wanted to be the person who had done it. It was an important part of my quite conscious practise to write work from which I would eagerly detach I would eagerly detach myself. I did not want to continue to be the author of work I had previously written . . . It was necessary. I couldn’t have done what followed unless I’d gone through that.
Toop:
Most of my current ideas on writing and music formed at that time, 30 years ago. I was soaking up information and pouring out ideas but for various reasons, I didn't know how to get them across. I made radio programmes, for Radio Three, but three radio programmes in three years wasn't going to do much, particularly since nobody seemed to have a clue what they were about. Having that long gap of years between the imagining and the realisation has been frustrating and absolutely crucial.
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In the biology of birds and mammals, altricial species are those in which the young are underdeveloped at the time of birth, but with the aid of their parents mature after birth. Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.
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obviously the concept of being a late bloomer or whatever is pretty accepted. but can we go farther and say that hitting your stride a ways into adulthood (rather than in its heavily romanticized early stages) can be more than a last minute correction, but an actively positive thing? that maybe something special's produced by the extra years of dreaming and planning and frustration and experimenting. the principle of not doing anything super ambitious until you can do it right. or is this all a personal cope on my part?