Re: Abra and Zen

ABRA (abra@post6.tele.dk)
Tue, 03 Aug 1999 21:49:58 +0200

Car Land Er Son wrote:

Wow, I got a thread named after me... *S* 
 
> >I learned a long time ago that it´s better to just say things the
> >way that you feel them
> 
>              only if you know what you're going to say before you start to
> talk.

I totally agree... Which is why, for me at least, it is far easier 
to write than speak your mind... 

>            A couple years ago before I really started reading and writing I
> used to sit at a piano and play whatever I felt like.  I couldn't, and still
> can't, read music so I just played my own mutilated melodies.

I read music, but not just off the sheet... I have to practise a lot, 
and I´m not really that good on either piano or guitar, although I 
can play both enough to satisfy myself (and to make my old bandmates 
know what I wanted them to play...) I´m actually a drummer, so 
rhythm is more my game... 

Lots of famous musicians can´t read music - Paul McCartney comes to 
mind - which goes to show that creating is not necessarily something 
you do with your brain... 

Some of the best tunes just comes to you out of the blue sky... 
I know that has happened for me several times... You hear some 
line that sounds good, and suddenly the music comes to you... 

And speaking of Paul McCartney - I read that he woke up one morning 
with some music and lyrics in his head... He finished the song, it 
was called "Scrambled Eggs"... But something was missing, so he 
worked on it a bit more... Then it turned into "Yesterday"... 
Now THAT is certainly something to dream about... 

I wonder if Salinger ever got any ideas in his sleep???

Abra