I'm so frustrated because I am home today and I can only send mail thru my mail program, but cannot figure out how to get it and am using a very ***SLOW*** online imail program.
Anyway, I just wanted to add a little bit more to what I said yesterday which I feel I really didn't get across. Okay, Fred, I guess I just used the wrong words again. What you are talking about is comparing - subjective vs. objective - to arrive at an assessment of excellence. What I am talking about is feeling frustrated at all of that - of all of the comparing that goes on. I guess it is unavoidable in our world. What I am also talking about, though, above and beyond and apart from my frustration, is that there is value in effort. I wasn't trying to say that KG is the best saxophone player (I don't even know if he even *plays* the sax), but that in my opinion, in an ideal world, his playing at any given moment would only be compared to his playing at any previous moment. That there is value in the process of attempting to bring beauty into the world. I am talking about process. About valuing the process. You are talking about final products - about comparing the final products of one person to those of another or others. Marian What I mean is: What I am talking about is:
