Comments on: Why Bother? http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/ Scattered values and the chance of philosophy. May contain funny. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:41:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Katy Newton http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-657 Sat, 04 Mar 2006 23:11:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-657 I love Paul Desmond. I think it probably takes just as much effort to hold back for that sort of restrained breathy cat-brushing-against-velvet sound as it does to really let rip. Stan Getz, too. I love Paul Desmond. I think it probably takes just as much effort to hold back for that sort of restrained breathy cat-brushing-against-velvet sound as it does to really let rip.

Stan Getz, too.

]]> by: Leemer http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-656 Tue, 28 Feb 2006 23:55:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-656 There is something to what you wrote. I can barely play guitar. Basic chords, really, the barest of the bare. But Ed, who is an accomplished guitar player, swears he'd rather listen to me than himself. (Ed is full of shit sometimes...) There is something to what you wrote. I can barely play guitar. Basic chords, really, the barest of the bare.

But Ed, who is an accomplished guitar player, swears he’d rather listen to me than himself.

(Ed is full of shit sometimes…)

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-655 Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-655 IS it creative PROCESS that you're thinking of or is it creative INTERPRETATION of said proces tha thas you confused? IS it creative PROCESS that you’re thinking of or is it creative INTERPRETATION of said proces tha thas you confused?

]]> by: Cliff http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-654 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 04:24:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-654 Nature! Patita, that's exactly it! Here's me trying to figure it out, but basically, as long as it's true to their selves and souls - there's the value. Nice work once again. Nature! Patita, that’s exactly it! Here’s me trying to figure it out, but basically, as long as it’s true to their selves and souls - there’s the value.

Nice work once again.

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-653 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 03:42:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-653 Are you sure that smoking pot and giggling a lot doesn't have something to do with it? Are you sure that smoking pot and giggling a lot doesn’t have something to do with it?

]]> by: patita http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-652 Sat, 25 Feb 2006 01:22:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-652 I guess it's a matter of how the artist can best tap into his or her nature. I'm sure you could get a koan out of it, though! I guess it’s a matter of how the artist can best tap into his or her nature.

I’m sure you could get a koan out of it, though!

]]> by: Bonnie http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-651 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:41:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-651 Right on, Cliff. Well said. As usual. Have a lovely last weekend of Feb.! Right on, Cliff. Well said. As usual.

Have a lovely last weekend of Feb.!

]]> by: Ed R http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-650 Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:59:00 +0000 http://www.thisisthis.org/2006/02/24/why-bother/#comment-650 Yo do the same. 'played like cold silk sheets' and 'sounded the way empty gloves look' are amazingly poetic descriptives. You ought to write those down and use them somewhere. Yo do the same.
‘played like cold silk sheets’ and ’sounded the way empty gloves look’ are amazingly poetic descriptives.
You ought to write those down and use them somewhere.

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