In ancient Rome, we should recall that you could not become a member of t=
he
Senate until you were a 50-something... the reason being that the Romans
felt that younger people were still possessed by the daemons, gods or
goddesses... after 50 or so people assumed their own character and
identity... we can see this in the art of the period, portraits and
sculptures of younger people, even emperors, are essentially caricatures,
whereas the portraits of the patriarchs great show individuality...
Brett "Bud" Breitwieser (bud@rajah.com)
check out my zen site at http://rajah.com
or my tech support site at http://rajah.net
walking, greens, and my recumbent trike at http://rajah.ws
the dragon is at http://rajah.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Miller [mailto:markm@naropa.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 11:08 AM
> To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> Subject: Re: Are you a Shakunewbie
>
>
> All,
>
> Music is our birth right at any age; it's not the exclusive
> activity of experts
> as mediated by pundits!. Lets reclaim it for ourselves and for
> those around us
> who also might enjoy the sound of wind in bamboo.
>
> Also, fellow fifty-somethings, aren't we tired of having our unusual or
> "unproductive" pursuits reduced to a cultural clich=E9, i.e., "Oh
> it's just a
> stage, a mid-life crisis"? Fellow fifties unite! Take back the life! :=
-)
>
> Mark Miller
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