Re: [Harp-L] Re: Zen Harmonica (Be here now)

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's interesting how Larry's comments about listening while not active
in a performance situation has morphed into discussions of stage
antics/theatrics and of personal grooving preferences/habits.

Those are both valid discussions, but Larry's very cool message (we
finally got past the noise about the messenger to the signal of the
message) was about listening and interacting with the music itself.

Those of us who are old enough to remember the 1960s and actually do
remember at least some of it (didn't take enough drugs, I guess) may
recall a guy named Alan Watts and a book he wrote called "Be Here Now."
Genius, that. The entire message of the book, which was a pretty slim
volume, was conveyed in the three-word title.

Be here now. With the other musicians. With the audience. And with the
music - that's what's comnnecting everything together. If you're here
now with the music, nothing else matters and everything else will
follow (unless the building catches on fire or something like that -
then being here now will mean finding yourself and everyone one else
safely outside in short order.)

Winslow


       
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