Klarinet Archive - Posting 000957.txt from 2000/12

From: Bilwright@-----.net (William Wright)
Subj: Re: [kl] Reeds
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:06:27 -0500

<><> William Wright wrote:
someday I'll tell you what I did to a matronly lady who insisted on
smothering me in her massive bosom with a big hug and too much perfume
every time she visited us when I was a kid

<><> Neil wrote:
Gosh, could it really have been that bad? ;-)

Yes, even as an adult and eager male, it would've been that bad.
The shortened version of the story is that, without warning, I produced
a gopher snake from my cages in the back yard just as the matronly lady
was leaning forward to give me her hug. It turned out she was
terrified of snakes, and my mother was horrified that I would do such a
thing to a nice lady. I forget what my punishment was, but both the
lady and my mother knew that I hated those hugs, and yet they mutually
reinforced each other for them. I'm not speaking ill of my mother, she
was the best mother a person could have, but this particular situation
was a clear case (on all sides) of bowing to social pressures, and I
never really felt guilty about my response. I only showed her the
snake. I didn't make her hug and kiss it.

Somewhere in this story, there is a message about taking something
as emotional as music and doing 'what you want' with it instead of being
a slave to the accepted teachings --- which, given the current
conversation, is probably why it popped into my mind as I was talking
about reeds.

Cheers,
Bill

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