What does a sishya do when Guru harasses due to their own bureaucratic or prejudiced behavior by giving NO/NIL practice, does not teach or correct the artist, delay giving practice for 'live with orchestra practice', make the artist spend a lot of money on the orchestra even though they do not give practice to the artist, give 'undue importance' by comparing with someone who is selfish and may be talented, make the artist 'bad' with all the near and dear concerned in the environment around them, and 'bad-mouth' them behind their back?
Fault of the sishya - 1) because the sishya learnt some small new things from a group of collective teachers doing some workshop on some aspect of the art form, or 2) that the artist went and learnt another art form when they went to another place to live for sometime? How ridiculous!! Even after informing or informing late?? Why?? What do they get? As long as the sishya only learns and listens to others and can make their own judgement receiving only that which is interesting to them, does not wish to leave the Guru for he/she is their life time committed teacher. Doesn't it occur to the Guru that he/she is being mean and he/she is damaging their own reputation? For everyone is going to say the artist is their sishya. But the 'bad mouthing' by the Guru himself/herself seems to help the Guru by damaging the sishya's reputation. So that the sishya NEVER can grow. Does it occur with a performing Guru or a non-performing Guru? What an interesting situation!!! Just trying to analyse........... let us see how it comes...........
The Guru-Sishya parampara can essentially be divided into two types:
1. Performing Gurus and their sishyas and
2. Gurus who are performers for a short time and then took to teaching, thus churning out sishyas in hundreds and thousands in number, thereafter.
In both these types there are positive and negative possibilities in the aspect of "growth as an artist".
However, it is a sad situation that the former types take their art along with them and never pass it on, as they are busy performing or are not inclined to teaching or are reluctant to teach or feel as if they give away their experience, lest they cannot flourish as performers,won awards & draw individual attention of audience towards themselves, including government bodies which give accolades only to individual excellence, wherein group or team efforts are discouraged.
Coming to latter types, they exploit the talented artists to sacrifice their experience as a gurudakshina and do not allow them to grow in anyway - artistically, emotionally, individually or financially. On the contrary, they just make them their vehicles to personal growth, never giving any credit to them. They will be like 'use-and-throw' material, like door-mates, thus not getting any credit for their talent.
Why should the situation be so!!! The moment you question, you are thrown out, without any second thoughts and 'bad-mouthed' so that you cannot be heard, just dumped................. Alas!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fault of the sishya - 1) because the sishya learnt some small new things from a group of collective teachers doing some workshop on some aspect of the art form, or 2) that the artist went and learnt another art form when they went to another place to live for sometime? How ridiculous!! Even after informing or informing late?? Why?? What do they get? As long as the sishya only learns and listens to others and can make their own judgement receiving only that which is interesting to them, does not wish to leave the Guru for he/she is their life time committed teacher. Doesn't it occur to the Guru that he/she is being mean and he/she is damaging their own reputation? For everyone is going to say the artist is their sishya. But the 'bad mouthing' by the Guru himself/herself seems to help the Guru by damaging the sishya's reputation. So that the sishya NEVER can grow. Does it occur with a performing Guru or a non-performing Guru? What an interesting situation!!! Just trying to analyse........... let us see how it comes...........
The Guru-Sishya parampara can essentially be divided into two types:
1. Performing Gurus and their sishyas and
2. Gurus who are performers for a short time and then took to teaching, thus churning out sishyas in hundreds and thousands in number, thereafter.
In both these types there are positive and negative possibilities in the aspect of "growth as an artist".
However, it is a sad situation that the former types take their art along with them and never pass it on, as they are busy performing or are not inclined to teaching or are reluctant to teach or feel as if they give away their experience, lest they cannot flourish as performers,won awards & draw individual attention of audience towards themselves, including government bodies which give accolades only to individual excellence, wherein group or team efforts are discouraged.
Coming to latter types, they exploit the talented artists to sacrifice their experience as a gurudakshina and do not allow them to grow in anyway - artistically, emotionally, individually or financially. On the contrary, they just make them their vehicles to personal growth, never giving any credit to them. They will be like 'use-and-throw' material, like door-mates, thus not getting any credit for their talent.
Why should the situation be so!!! The moment you question, you are thrown out, without any second thoughts and 'bad-mouthed' so that you cannot be heard, just dumped................. Alas!!!!!!!!!!!!
