This message is from: "Pat Holland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > If the "feel" of horses cannot be taught, then why is it an ability that > must be developed over a long time? To describe it as such sounds to me > like the description of the process of learning a complex -- but > teachable -- skill. > > Actually Deeann, you hit the nail on the head with questioning my inability (or incorrect description) to TRY to describe in words the "art" of training horses. You CAN'T describe it! ..... Its a feel...indescribable! I once watched a chief work on TV...now I can't cook if my life depended on it. This fellow was throwing stuff together, with no recipe.....a pinch of this, ...a dab of that.....He had Matt Lauer or someone adding salt and just told him when to stop - no measurements...THAT was feel, he knew how much by feel, he knew lemon wouldn't go with liver and not to fry some such thing - that's feel.
All of us have "that" feel with what we do in our daily lives - a receptionist, dealing with a distraught client - knows how to handle it right, a lawyer knows how to present a case to a jury - after all the books are read and courses completed and the degrees earned - after all of that - you are then successful because of the "feel" you've gathered over the years - you can relearn the basics and teach the basics - but not the feel. I might be digging another hole trying to explain - but its late and its been a long day of feeling....: )
