Bob Yoon writes (in part):

>There are many works I didn't appreciate until I took theory classes.
>I began to see things that I never bothered to look for and now I wonder
>why I never saw it before.  ...  My analogy is try giving a Fitzgerald,
>Faulkner, Joyce, or a Nabokov novel to a 6th or 7th grade.

Fully admitting to being the 7th grader in this metaphor, I think I prefer
baseball to literature.  There is a big difference between literally not
being able to get through something (like most 12 year olds with Ulysses)
and not appreciating the subtleties, but still being able to have a good
time.

I don't want to push my metaphor too hard either, but a lot of people find
baseball boring for lack of action, but I could tell you what's happening
all over the field pitch by pitch and can often see action everywhere.

>It's a combination of education, maturity, and exposure that affected the
>degree to which I can enjoy certain works.

...and I think a 1-0 game with only about 57 batters would be an
extraordinary game to watch, but my kid probably wouldn't.

William Jenks