[Harp-L] Re: would Little Walter OB

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

Words on a gravestone are a metaphor for what you have accomplished in life. Apparently you missed the subtlety of my post, instead focusing on the small literal meaning.
 
From: bobg@xxxxxxx
icemanle@xxxxxxx wrote:
>What do you want on your gravestone? "Here lies one who played 
>harmonica and sounded JUST LIKE this other ODBG", or "Here lies 
>one who played harmonica inspired and unique".

<<Actually, I'd rather leave my mark somewhere else than on just a remote, 
rock of granite in some disregarded cemetery.                        >>
 
<<It's not only pointless to speculate what they'd do if alive today...>> to my mind, 
it's also arrogant and insulting to them and their memory.>>

Really?? Did you know that there are millions of misguided individuals that toot their horn to the "WWJD"
(What Would Jesus Do?) on a daily basis? Are these arrogant and insulting people speculating pointlessly?
 
These postings are made to hopefully open the thoughts/attitudes of those locked into uncreative 
mindsets. Most won't get the point, but the few ready to hear this message will find it helpful. I've taught
 these philosophies to hundreds of students, in private lessons or large group classes, and have found the
 creative spark in a few that have blossomed wonderfully when the walls have been torn down. This makes
 it all worthwhile, even fielding the arrows from those that disagree with my philosophy.
 
The Iceman