One effect that I notice over and over is what I call the "educated palate". Actually, a lot of other people do too.
I've heard "smooth jazz" also referred to as "white wine jazz". It's something that is easily accessible, you don't have to study a lot about the subject to "get" it, and its an introduction to a field that goes much much deeper. And, there are a lot of people that once they've learned more about a subject, and developed a taste for things that they never would have liked when they started out, they realize that they no longer like the very thing that led them down that path in the first place. I've found that my tastes can be educated, but often only so much. I've gotten past the point of enjoying smooth jazz, but a lot of the avant garde stuff still sounds to me, as a friend described jazz, like two radios tuned to different stations. One of the beauties of the PDML, is that many of us are in that wonderful place where we can laugh at both the over done HDR, and the people that'll look for five minutes at a snapshot of someone sitting in a chair in a field. One of my favorite definitions is that an intellectual is someone who has been educated beyond their intelligence. It has been my impression that a lot of artists have gone right past an educated palate to an intellectual one. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
