Like bodybuilders, dancers know. You can’t grow unless you watch yourself do the work. You can’t get better unless you judge your effort against what you know it should look like, in your heart and in your mind. To give the performance of a lifetime, to achieve any kind of vision, no matter how insane or impossible, you need to be able to see what the world sees when they’re watching you try to achieve it. That doesn’t mean conforming to the world’s expectations, it means not being afraid to stand in front of the mirror, look yourself in the eyes, and really see.
