At 08:24 PM 4/11/2007, Case wrote: >Steve, > >Just to chime in hear, I noodle around on the guitar. While I do get a >charge out of gear reviews and fine performances, it has never once occurred >to me that I am playing badly so I can better appreciate people who play >well. > >I play because I like playing. I do not play for others to hear. I am >usually asked to stop when they do. I don't play songs. I just play. That's >about as close to Zazen as I get but I do it because I like the feeling of >doing it. I have listened to every street musician I have ever passed and >wondered if I could make a buck or two with a new set of stings and an old >hat. > >I think people would become more passionate for music or any of the arts, if >they did it for the fun of it instead of worrying about becoming Hendrix, or >Brian Setzer or Picasso or Hemmingway or Brando or Henry Moore. > >Case
Case, This is my experience too. I am happy I didn't start painting until after I had given up the idea of becoming an 'artist'. It is so much pleasure. Marsha moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
