TI will certainly agree that people can learn technique and still play without feeling.
You have to start with the feeling inside—and with a willingness to express that feeling—or the technique is empty. Kind of like the polished speeches of politicians one could name…
But a person can also have the feeling locked inside by lack of the skills needed to express it, and also by lack of self-confidence due to lack of skills.
Also, my personal experience is that learning to express the feeling inside effectively not only releases that feeling, but enhances my understanding and awareness of it, so I feel deeper, and can express better and more freely. One of the good recursive circles. That’s what I meant when I said that I find technique feeds feel.
I guess my bottom line is that technique is a key. Whether a particular person uses it or just polishes it is up to him/her/zir.
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Date: 2008-05-21 08:09 pm (UTC)You have to start with the feeling inside—and with a willingness to express that feeling—or the technique is empty. Kind of like the polished speeches of politicians one could name…
But a person can also have the feeling locked inside by lack of the skills needed to express it, and also by lack of self-confidence due to lack of skills.
Also, my personal experience is that learning to express the feeling inside effectively not only releases that feeling, but enhances my understanding and awareness of it, so I feel deeper, and can express better and more freely. One of the good recursive circles. That’s what I meant when I said that I find technique feeds feel.
I guess my bottom line is that technique is a key. Whether a particular person uses it or just polishes it is up to him/her/zir.