Klarinet Archive - Posting 000314.txt from 2006/01

From: "Forest Aten" <forestaten@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Doveryay niet proveryay
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:09:15 -0500


> That's interesting, but why "verify?" in trusting do we not do so
> unconditionally? Such as when we picked up our clarinet for the very
> first
> time and took that deep, albeit shallow breath, and formed the most
> awkward
> of embouchures. We simply blew and UNCONDITONALLY TRUSTED that a beatuful
> sound would issue forth. Usually it didn't.
> But all that meant was hope.
>
> All this skepticism in the world, and its been around since Cain and Abel,
> so its nothing new, troubles me. For if we've advanced as far as we think
> we have you'd think we'd have gotten past the tiny insecurities that cause
> us to question the validity or authenticity of the Other.
>
> I don't know, if you play in an orchestra, you trust everyone else to be
> in
> tune and on the same page playing their correct line, right? The first
> violin give the concert "C" for everyone to tune to, and the is the
> "verify"
> but beyond that it is all uncondtional trust in the Other to do their
> thing
> as they ought.
>
> I suggest that if any of you want to get a better understanding of
> "Doveryay, niet proveryay" they should read Martin Buber's "I and Thou."
>
>

This world you describe is not the world I live in....

Call me insecure and untrusting. ;-)

Forest Aten

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