Danielle Woerner wrote:

>If a student plays alone in a forest and gives the most brilliant,
>inspired, beautiful performance of her/his life, is it like "the fish
>that got away?"

In that case the only person there to judge the performance would be the
student.  So it makes no difference whether anybody is around or not.
This actually happens a lot in real life if you believe the student.
Just substitute "practice room" for forest.

Chris Bonds