[Harp-L] thinking vs feeling

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

Do you suppose that one may be able to think and feel at the same time?
 
To me, it is not either/or, but both.
 
The only way to describe the grooving with both is - time seems to slow down. I think through my options clearly, feel where I want to place a note and then arc a musical idea. Once the line begins, it takes on a life of its own. I have as much fun wondering how it will turn out as anyone.
 
In reality, the "thinkings" last a microsecond; however, it goes by in sloooow motion. The microsecond is too short in real time to internally disconnect from the feeling process.
 
Tennis players in "the zone" who make miraculous returns have described that moment as "time slowing down so much that the ball seemed suspended in the air until I could reach it".
 
The Iceman
 
 
 
From: Chris Michalek Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<<To me, there is something wrong with conscience note choice simply
because it involves thinking which stops the feeling process.>>