tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378280940903369624.post8807141129235960737..comments2017-12-13T16:07:05.418-06:00Comments on crow with no mouth: For Richard Pinnelljessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05361749761580302506noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378280940903369624.post-70679901337547538632010-05-13T23:25:26.301-05:002010-05-13T23:25:26.301-05:00I know you share a keen interest in the act of lis...I know you share a keen interest in the act of listening, what the listener brings to the music.<br />The state of attention Suzuki and Cage are pointing to is developed, in zen, on a meditation cushion. It is useful when it is further developed in how we do everything. I strive and fail and strive to bring this relaxed but alert receptivity to the music. Without this, it all sounds stale, played out, enervated and so on.<br />Lastly, I generally think, when reading others on new music, that they are saying as much about themselves as they are the music under discussion.jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361749761580302506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2378280940903369624.post-38840117815095172882010-05-13T18:45:08.885-05:002010-05-13T18:45:08.885-05:00Jesse, this is very beautiful and touching thank y...Jesse, this is very beautiful and touching thank you.<br /><br />For what it's worth, I still feel like a beginner when I sit down to listen every day.<br /><br />I have the Suzuki book you have quoted from by the way, I enjoyed it very much, but have probably not taken it down from its shelf in the best part of a decade. You have made me want to do that now though, thanks,Richard Pinnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168522717135806763noreply@blogger.com