Food for Thought (#27)
More on flexibility:
“Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful.”
— Loa Tsu
“Although I am flexible and ready to take advice, I can’t carry an umbrella of thoughts over my head that would distract me and affect my music making.”
— Zubin Mehta
“If you cannot accurately predict the future then you must flexibly be prepared to deal with various possible futures.”
— Edward de Bono
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Remember, Songtaneous is TOMORROW, November 7 at 2pm.
For those of you in or near the Twin Cities, I’ll be performing at the Artists’ Quarter tonight (Friday) and Saturday night.
[…] (Hey, there’s a reason water follows the path of least resistance. And lest you think doing what’s easy is lazy or cheating, remember that over time water can wear away rock.) […]
06 Jan 2013 at 11:54 pm