Hi Margaret, did I say I don't like his paintings? I don't say I do and I don't say I don't. Maybe they are even more of an acquired taste! They are unusual to say the least and that attracts me.
Sounds like you had a great time in New Orleans - I'm envious. -Peter On 16/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Peter, > > It is an acquired taste for sure. I have a group of friends/musicians in > New > Orleans > who got me started on Beefheart. They would cover Beefheart tunes at > gigs and would have Tropical Hot Dog Night parties after Jazzfest where > all > Beefheart was played all night. > > I am still not that completely familiar with all of the tunes - not like > my friends are...they quote whole blocks of lyrics to each other. > > One of the couples in this group had > My Head Is My Only House Unless it Rains as their wedding song > and myself and another friend made this wedding gift for them: > > We made a black and white pinhole photograph of him wearing a suit with a > real > doll house stuck on his head holding an umbrella and framed it with the > lyrics and gave it to them. It was my friends' idea, but I am the > photographer > and had the darkroom and so on. > > I too - don't like his paintings as well - though I've only seen them on > the > internet. A little too raw for me and I just don't like the color > choices/compositions > that much - not really my palette - but I might like them better if I > saw them full size. > > > I love the visual imagery of two flamingo in a fruit fight though. > > mm > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Peter Corteen > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:46 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > Hey Margaret, > > > > I'm so refreshed that via the MOQ I've found some others who > > dig Beefheart - I'm a big fan and have spent thousands of > > hours listening to his music since I first bought one of his > > albums about 5 years ago. > > > > He is very much an acquired taste in my opinion; it was only > > because the UK DJ John Peel was such a fan of his that I > > persevered with 'Trout Mask Replica' and even then I had to > > listen to that about a dozen times before I could bear more > > than the first few tracks. > > > > Kind regards > > > > -Peter > > > > On 16/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > - Everything's wrong, at the same time it's right > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > > > > Corteen > > > > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 4:40 AM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > > > > > > > Like two flamingoes in fruit fight. > > > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, Margaret Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Tropical Hot Dog Night > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > > > > Peter Corteen > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:17 AM > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Subject: Re: [MD] Tao through intellect... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'If you want to be a different kind of fish, you've got > > > > to get out > > > > > > of the school' (Don van Vleit). > > > > > > > > > > > > On 15/11/2007, MarshaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scholars, drunk on words and obscure meanings, > > > > > > > Weave a tangled web of concordances. > > > > > > > Simple practice never occurs to them. > > > > > > > Give up education, and the world will be better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There are many who seek Tao through intellect. > > They revel in > > > > > > > thousands of coincidences, seek similarities in all the > > > > > > > world's religions, conduct learned discourses for enthralled > > > > > > audiences. But > > > > > > > they would reach the truth faster if they tied their > > > > thoughts to > > > > > > > experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The intellect is inherently dualistic. It makes > > > > distinctions and > > > > > > > creates new connections between concepts and calls that > > > > "meaning." > > > > > > > This type of analytical thinking is extremely limited in > > > > > > the face of > > > > > > > Tao, which is not fully rational, nor fully > > quantitative, not > > > > > > > fully describable. Though most followers of Tao are > > > > learned, they > > > > > > > also realize that the intellect is but one aspect in > > > > what must be > > > > > > > a multifaceted approach to Tao. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It is said one must give up education, not because we > > > > > > should be dumb, > > > > > > > but because we must seek a level on consciousness > > beyond the > > > > > > > intellect. We must study, but not to the point that > > > > emphasis on > > > > > > > experience and meditation is lost. 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