What I found interesting was the idea of intention when it came to practice. My violin professor recently told me to start practicing and listening at the same time, stopping, and then thinking about whether or not I liked the sound of what I played. Sometimes when playing a certain piece, I will stumble on one of the faster parts and slow myself down. What I do then is I focus on that specific part, either by playing rhythms in long-short or short-long patterns to organize the fingerings for the notes and the bowings so the passage sounds much more organized, or I simply slow down and play the passage slowly so I can focus on the notes and see where I am having trouble. Recently, I have been working on making sure my dynamics are much more varied when I play. So when I see a “forte” I exaggerate it playing louder than necessary, by using more bow and using more friction to produce a louder sound with the violin. The same applies whenever I see “piano”, playing it a little too soft by reducing the amount of bow I’m using and using less friction, sometimes losing proper sound in the process. And yet when I’m running through a piece or taking a recording to send to my professor for feedback, I somehow lose all dynamic when playing.