In a message dated 1/1/13 1:59:44 PM, [email protected] writes:
> I'm surprised to see a serious, engaging and informative defense from > Cheerskep > regarding our posts > Maintaining the physical-fitness regimen of the past (bike-riding; sprints on a track) is no longer possible, but I figure I can still do what I can to remain mentally adequate for certain self-assignments. That includes addressing a William-post seriously. William displays a formidable articulateness. Responding to his postings requires a nicety of attention, and trying to hew to the point. My nuisance is I keep getting dragged off-forum for extended patches. William notes: "Proust, in Within a Budding Grove, said the biggest impediment to art is habit. That's quite a shocking notion since habit has long been regarded as the basis of all skill and excellence in the arts." I suppose one could apply himself to describing the necessary distinction between good habits and bad habits. That is, someone could also say, "habit has long been regarded as the enemy of all skill and excellence in the arts. It makes for repetition, cliche, a blindness to invention and originality."
