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« Reply #960 on: 17:25:33, 14-07-2008 » |
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What is it? A galloping dinosaur?
Whatever it is, it's rushing out to Meet Life's Challenges and Upsets. |
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« Reply #961 on: 17:46:01, 14-07-2008 » |
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somehow it looks to me like a carnivorous slug with all the agility of a dining-table
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« Reply #962 on: 22:07:46, 15-07-2008 » |
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I like it, and I agree, it looks like a galloping slug. Escaping from Martles garden.....
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« Reply #963 on: 13:01:18, 22-07-2008 » |
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I think i may have said this before but some slugs have been known to eat one another...
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"as the housefly of destiny collides with the windscreen of fate..."
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« Reply #964 on: 14:59:24, 22-07-2008 » |
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What is it? A galloping dinosaur?
Whatever it is, it's rushing out to Meet Life's Challenges and Upsets. Valiant effort to bring this back on topic there!  It looks like something out of a Studio Ghibli animation to me. They're great, they all have exactly the same plotline: young girl gets lost somewhere and slightly older boy rescues her, taking her somewhere to hide where there's an old woman with a giant face who is the baddie and generally has at least 2 familiar type characters, then the boy gets injured and turns out to be an animal of some sort. At some point there's a scary sinister thing that turns out to be good after all, then they fly off in something with wings and there's clearly a slightly dubious underage relationship revealed between young girl and older man/beast. It's the oldest story in the world... Anyway. Sorry I'm late to this Martle - been away getting disproportionately scared on very small mountains. Excellent news - well done you. I'm sure things will continue to improve now - just be patient with yourself, it takes a bit of time, but it sounds like you're doing brilliantly.  |
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« Reply #965 on: 01:50:51, 23-07-2008 » |
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Nice to read the CBT works for you Martle. She seems to be allowing room for your imagination to do its natural adaptive thing with the structuring side of you -really skilled practicioner you needed to crack this
gordian knot.
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« Reply #966 on: 11:37:45, 23-07-2008 » |
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Thanks for all the encouragement, folks. Although I didn't feel ready for the (little) Severn bridge at the weekend, I did force myself over a couple of stretches of raised roadway that normally give me the willies big time. And guess what? Nothing! Not even a twitch. I was also on a balcony with no railing ! And... nada. This is looking good.  |
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« Reply #967 on: 11:41:05, 23-07-2008 » |
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I was also on a balcony with no railing ! And... nada. This is looking good. How high up? Beyond ground floor, and I would be distinctly unhappy there. Any rate, congratulations. |
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A time to weep, and a time to laugh: a time to mourn, and a time to dance
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« Reply #968 on: 12:52:13, 23-07-2008 » |
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Sounds wonderful, Martle! Wonder when you'll be ready for a ride on the back of one of these? |
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« Reply #969 on: 12:54:12, 23-07-2008 » |
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It looks like a Llama with alopecia!
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« Reply #970 on: 13:55:55, 23-07-2008 » |
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Ok, I've just developed a new phobia on the spot.  Don, it was a first floor balcony. And it didn't have a railing because it is actually being built as part of an extension. |
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« Reply #971 on: 00:48:25, 01-08-2008 » |
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(this is not an unhappy post, but not all of them here have to be that!) Are any of you familiar with the researcher/scholar's situation whereby you think that if you devour loads of material - books, articles, archival material, etc. - then eventually you will know more and the imaginary pile will get smaller? Whereas in reality for everything you read it adds another 10 (minimum) new bits of material pop up that I need to check out as well? I like to think I know a fair amount about the area I'm currently researching - music in West Germany for the first two decades after the war, as well as the wider history, culture and politics - but every bit more that I know makes me realise how much more there is I don't know. It's like something that you've cooked with too much yeast, and it can't be stopped from rising. Help! (actually, it's going well, just I get a little overwhelmed at times; partially out of a wish not to repeat what I see as the shortcomings of others who've written on this area) |
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'These acts of keeping politics out of music, however, do not prevent musicology from being a political act . . .they assure that every apolitical act assumes a greater political immediacy' - Philip Bohlman, 'Musicology as a Political Act'
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« Reply #972 on: 08:59:49, 01-08-2008 » |
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Our time is a time of information and a time to find out too much of information is bad too.
It is impossible for one person to know what the other one knows (it will always be less because it is impossible to say and explain everything(. On the other hand we have an ability to add something to the whole body of knowledge because of our uniqueness.
It is impossible to quote everybody. I do think Ian that your knowledge is encyclopedic and thorough. Sometimes colleagues can tell you if you miss a very important article, otherwise it is interesting for people to know your unique point of view and your understanding of the subject.
I don't think people in your area know more than you do, but they will have a different point of view, different agenda etc. It is important not to be overwhelmed with the amount of information and put a limit.
Remember that people like me can take much less information in. What you are doing is unique and noone can do exectly the same work with material that you have.
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« Reply #973 on: 11:35:23, 01-08-2008 » |
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It's not just scholars/researchers who feel that way, Ian! I'm sure as a performer you recognise the feeling of your musical ideas developing and refining even as you might be reaching what you originally thought they were. The more music I play, the "better" I get at it, the higher my standards for myself get. On bad days it can actually feel like I'm getting worse, because the gap between what I can do and what I want to do gets wider.
On good days, though, that feeling that there's always more to learn is very exciting - we're never "done." Developing the judgement to know when we've "done enough for now," or "done enough to stand firm by our opinion (but without become so rigid we can't accept that it may change in the future should new evidence come to light)," is the tricky part.
Good luck, don't let it overwhelm you.
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« Reply #974 on: 11:45:16, 01-08-2008 » |
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well said, strinasachi,
I wish I put things into words better. It is difficult to keep on a high scholarly level and not to be overwhelmed with the amount of information one has available now days. When we decide some information is not relevant we can pass some important points.
It is impossible to include all different possibilities in performing a piece. Also different time brings different approach and different interpretation of music of ideas etc. At times we all feel lost.
I really like strinasachi's point. Somehow it speaks to me.
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