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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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