--- eurydice@cruzio.com wrote:
>
>
> I am not sure what your issues with Japanese culture
> are.
Hierarchical. Rigid. Closed. Conservative.
Xenophobic. Consumerist. These are words I associate
with Japanese culture.
> But I think, as you explore the
> intricacies the subtleties of the Shakuhachi,
> you may come
> to know the intricacies and subtleties that
> "Japanese culture" has to offer an open-minded
> individual.
>
Liking Gregorian chant does not make me catholic. A
taste for opera does not make me Italian, Franch or
German. Why should a enthusiasm for the sound of
bamboo make me Japanese?
Playing the flute requires practice time, much of
which is boring. I fantasize during those times and
none of my fantasy has to do with Japan or Japanese
culture.
You seem to think that a sound implies a culture. I
find this a very limited view. We can never, for
instance, know the world of ronin or komuso. We only
know our fantasies. You may choose to fantasize Japan
when you play, but I do not make the same choice.
You have your rights intact and I have mine.
Regards,
John Baker
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