I have lately been corresponding via
email with a number of very intelligent students. I always have
my best ideas while I'm teaching. Somehow the desire to help or
to respond to a query improves and focuses my thought patterns.
While writing a letter to Thomas today, the following idea
(among others) emerged:
Don't forget that music is capable of
bringing about much good in the world. The ancient writers of the
Vedas understood thousands of years ago that vibration alters
consciousness. That is your true calling (and mine too of
course) as a musical artist; to alter for the better the reality and
consciousness of the people who hear you and to awaken them to a more
profound understanding of their own worth and potential as living
beings. If you let it, this could become a tremendous
motivating factor in your musical growth and development.
I am pretty happy with that advice for
Thomas and for me and will think about it (and try to DO it) some
more this week while playing the string of cool gigs that start
tomorrow night. See the previous blog entry for listings. Hope to see you there!
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