On Jan 24, 2008, at 2:53 PM, David Rastall wrote: > No, no, you misunderstand me. I wasn't trying to insult you,
Ah, but it's you who misunderstands me. I didn't think you were trying to insult me, or commenting about me. I was just pointing out that self-expression without competence isn't terribly rewarding, at least for anyone other than the self-expresser. I suppose I disagree with your premise, or perhaps with your choice of words, in which case I'm denigrating your self-expression. Obviously, a musician has to express something beyond the notes, but I don't think it's necessarily self. But this is pointing to a heavy aesthetic discussion, and I have work to do. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
