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(Robert)
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(Robert)
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06/24/2025 8:36 pm

so you didn't ask; but I'll share this with you


what is actually at the core of this is


we're trying to consciously navigate that which transcends linear perception > narrative > dogma


 


that's why little kids pick this stuff up fast; provided they've liberty to absorb it slowly


the guitar is just an instrument


an extension of the self


playing music well is like walking


we didn't learn to walk by logically thinking it through


that said


once the logical mind is developed...


that's it:


it's engaged; all the time


and depending on how much emotional baggage we have...


it's prone to look for easy routes and proxies for liking our selves


"If only I cans play THIS... then I will be happy"


this is something most instructors can't relate to


because they developed a solid foundation in childhood.


that's all to say:


the truest answers can't be spoken


that'd be like babbling about Beethoven's 9th symphony


it can help you understand the symphony but babble ABOUT the symphony isn't the actual symphony


all the instructors can play stuff I can't play


they are aware of concepts I don't know


which means that my perception of music can be expanded to the degree that I ponder what they say, and try out what they teach


but at the end of the day...


no one can teach us how to actually play


we have to figure out how to walk by walking


or toddle around


give or take holding onto furniture


or crawling... wherever we're at


that's where we're at


yet our perception of where we're at is subjective


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added greater than sign between "Narrative" & "dogma"


from my perspective EVERY THING is some aspect of narrative; dogma is attitude superficial to that


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