This is fascinating to me! Stav's emphasis in his letter is upon competance.
The C-word. In the years that I've been studying, my continuing motivation
has always been the simple joy of putting the instrument to my lips,
enjoying the shape, material, warmth in my hands and being simply thrilled
that I can make any sound at all out of the damned thing!
The notion of competance surely can only arise out of self-judgement, the
bane of any creative activity.
David Sawyer
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