Ch 5 in Passing the Time
I meant to post this earlier. I find it so fascinating how Glassie descibes perfection in the arts and culture. A perfect performance doesn't mean that the musician or story teller hits every note or memorizes every detail. Perfection is achieved when the contributor is able to show his/her audience that he/she cares enough about the material being presented to have invested their beings into it. The performance is just as meaningful, if not more, to the presenter as it is the the audience. Carson emphasizes a similar approach in LNF when he describes the traditional Irish musician is one who does not play by the book. Instead, they make the tunes they know their own while keeping the inheritance passed down to them.
posted by Esther @ 8:25 AM
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