How I long for the simple responses that musicians have for music. They are open and receptive. That doesn't mean they can't tell good from bad but they eagerly respond to any good they encounter as they explore a score. I think that's the only way to respond to anything. Poets on forums are so full of effort and so straining to prove themselves that simple empathy and delight shrivel.
To exhibit a talent for spotting blemishes is vaguely interesting but it is far more interesting to have a talent for entering the spirit of something and discovering its rewarding qualities.
I'm not advocating an abrogation of critical faculties but rather a sharpening of appreciative faculties.
Janet
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited May 21, 2004).]
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