Almost everyone is musical. Music is an actual bodily need. Another saying goes ‘If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well,’ but I disagree. Like Chesterton, I feel that if something is worth doing, it is worth doing even badly. Playing the piano is not something to be graded. Adults should take it up the moment they feel the need to play music. As a matter of course, children should be given lessons without pressure. Playing the piano should be an act without material value. It must be a road of discovery, a trackless territory, and never a means of showing off. The piano won’t serve the ego’s craving for recognition.

—David Dubal, excerpted from the pianist’s recent article “Let’s Tickle the Ivories” inThe New Criterion

~Susan Leem, associate producer

49 Notes/ Hide

  1. mzpinay reblogged this from beingblog
  2. geometer reblogged this from hellomoment
  3. awkward-poo reblogged this from thedrollhouse
  4. thedrollhouse reblogged this from sweetaia
  5. nklykken reblogged this from beingblog
  6. cantevergohome reblogged this from beingblog
  7. cathybolkcom reblogged this from beingblog
  8. echo-ofasoul reblogged this from beingblog
  9. itsthecatspyjamas reblogged this from ncpr
  10. ncpr reblogged this from beingblog
  11. artscultburnfm reblogged this from beingblog
  12. merovign reblogged this from repty
  13. repty reblogged this from beingblog
  14. frozenlakeband reblogged this from beingblog
  15. sweetaia reblogged this from mhisadj
  16. hellomoment reblogged this from beingblog
  17. amywhipple reblogged this from beingblog
  18. josephpedersen reblogged this from beingblog
  19. phoeballoon reblogged this from beingblog
  20. mhisadj reblogged this from beingblog
  21. danilobortoli reblogged this from beingblog
  22. katetopia reblogged this from josephrobinettebidenjr
  23. c-lew-blue reblogged this from beingblog
  24. rexcerebri reblogged this from beingblog
  25. josephrobinettebidenjr reblogged this from beingblog
  26. beingblog posted this

Recent comments

Blog comments powered by Disqus