Len Fehskens wrote:

>Once again I am reminded that I am in the company of sophisticates in
>comparison to whom I have wooden ears.  I go to concerts regularly, even
>Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts conducted by the routinely maligned
>Seiji Ozawa, and I am enthralled.  I have to wonder how my wooden ears
>give me so much more pleasure than those capable of making such exquisite
>distinctions that my experiences are "lifeless" to them.

Well, the answer is easy:  your ears may be wooden (what I doubt), but your
heart surely is not.  Ah, I think the final circle of hell for every music
lover is to become an expert.  I like what I like and I don't care if an
"expert" (and all the experts are so highly subjective) dooms the artists
who make an impact on me.

Robert Peters
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