Re: [Harp-L] Creativity

[Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good thing you pointed to the guy who said it first

On May 26, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Chris Michalek wrote:

> actully that quote comes from taoism...
>
> "when the wise man points to the moon, the fool sees the finger" -  
> Lao Tse
>
> If any of you guys seriously want to get into eastern mysticism and  
> harmonica playing the Buddha's Garden is the only place on the  
> internet where you will find it.  http://www.buddhasgarden.net
>
> The garden is truly a place of light, love and openess.  There are  
> many harp-l memebers in the garden already.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Whiteboy Slim (maurice richard libby) [mailto:blues@whiteboy- 
> > slim.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:06 AM
> > To: 'Vince Meghrouni'
> > Cc: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Creativity
> >
> > Since someone brought up Bruce Lee, there is a Zen story he tells in
> > "Enter the Dragon" when he tells his student  that when someone  
> > points
> > to the moon, don't fixate on the finger or you will miss "all that
> > celestial glory". I think Vince hits the nail on this one. We, in  
> > this
> > culture, tend to spend far too much time concentrating on all the
> > peripherals, and forget the thing we supposedly are about. Great  
> > music
> > is still great music, even if there is only one person who ever heard
> > it, and they are now dead.
> >
> > The fact that fifty million or so people watched American Idol, still
> > doesn't make it music.
> >
> > maurice
> >
> > Vince Meghrouni wrote:
> > > The point to me is who gives a flyin' funnel cake who on a  
> > > discussion
> > > list will be remembered twenty years from now.  The important  
> > > thing is
> > > making the music, period.  If someone is debating the relevance and
> > > level of creativity, etc., of this person or that, it is as  
> > > useful as
> > > the age-old angels on the head of a pin colloquy.  The play is the
> > > thing as the old barde said.  If one is caught up in worrying  
> > > that the
> > > harp player is considered a second class musical citizen, one is
> > > spending too much time worrying about one's place in some abstract
> > > hierarchy and not spending enough time enjoying playing.  Let  
> > > history
> > > decide who is considered what.  History is not always right, anyway.
> > > There will always be the unsung.  There will always be those
> > > innovating in relative obscurity.  Stop worrying about it and play,
> > > says I.  Ok.  Fire away.  I have lashed myself to the mast.
> > >
> > > Rex "Rich" Tobago
> > > Professional harmonica owner
> > >
> > > On May 26, 2007, at 10:33 AM, B Boggs wrote:
> > >
> > > > With all the posts about creativity and eastern mysticism I am
> > > > intrigued. The traditions of the teacher and student in the east
> > > > exemplified a focus of diminishing the egos expression in boastful,
> > > > strident ways which are driven by fear and ignorance. Bruce Lee had
> > > > an enormous ego. He also understood it's penalties.I am not  
> > > > comparing
> > > > any one to Bruce Lee. He was a real artist, in spite of his ego.
> > > >   I wonder what players will be remembered for their music twenty
> > > > years from now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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