June 25, 2007
mandodoxy: a brief respite
Preaching is personal counseling on a group basis.
- Harry Emerson Fosdick
The lovely wife and I will be leaving for DC. There I will enjoy/endure the American Baptist Churches Biennial. It lasts through the 2nd of July. Then we'll hang out in DC for a few days with friends. From there, if all goes according to plan, we'll stay a night in Doswell and then spend a day in Williamsburg before flying back to Chi-town on the 7th. I explained this to the mandoguru.
He was, as expected, happy to hear of my trip but saddened that I will be missing lessons. Perhaps I'll take the mandolin with me an noodle away at Prince William or Kitchen Girl between sessions. We'll see.
Mandodoxy takes constant discipline. And the most important piece of that discipline is not reinventing the wheel, attempting to create new picking patterns when the one given works just fine, so well in fact that anything else is error.
Interesting to ponder. I will endeavor the discipline.
Posted by tripp at June 25, 2007 07:41 AMI will be in our Nation's Capital some of the time you are there. My friend, Brian, has an art exhibit going on and I am going to see it and visit with him.
I get there the 4th, leave the evening of the 6th,
as I have friends arriving from VA on the 7th in NYC.
I will shout a big "hi" from the Lincoln Memorial to you guys. I am sure you will hear it.