Klarinet Archive - Posting 000243.txt from 2004/06

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Crossing the break - guide/exercises/logic
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:14:01 -0400


> From: Ormondtoby Montoya [mailto:ormondtoby@-----.net]

> An analogy would be walking on the deck of a boat during rough weather,
> as compared to walking down a dry sidewalk on land. Perhaps you can
> get from point-A to point-B in either environment, but you will move
> more smoothly and more easily and more accurately (without risking
> falling flat on your face) when you're walking on the stable sidewalk.
> In the same way, (imo) it's useful to imagine your 'home position' as
> the stable sidewalk to which you instinctually return whenever
> reasonable.

The problem with this (and other similar analogies) is that "It depends on
what you're used to". I was a sailor for 8 years, spending up to 6 months at
a time on little ships "lovingly referred to as "tin cans" - destroyers). I
only walked straight on dry land when I was drunk ... a rolling deck was
"home". Relative stability.

Mark C.

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