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Double Bass "What I Learned In Jazz Class"

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Ray, I don't know if I'd go so far as to call some on your list as 'religious,' although -isms have been construed as such. If in fact the school systems are teaching these concepts, one definition of freedom may be; "Having a multitude of choices."

I suppose in a 'free society,' Jesse, people have the right to their own opinions-take those college kids for example, they are exercising their right even though their opinions are uneducated.

One way jazz, or for that matter, art could be defined is; 'The recapitulation of society's collective unconscious." Creativity somehow emerges out of 'society's cachophony.'

Jesse, have you read Bill Bryson's new book, "A Short History of Just About Everything?" It gets into humans' scientific limitations on a deep level. I just finished it-great read.
 
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I agree that differing opinions and ideas should flourish in a free society. We should be able to voice the dissenting opinion without harsh retribution. I would say that free will is the basis of this. Ideas must be trotted out to the public forum to be refined; shared with like minds and debated with dissenting minds. Fruit is not produced in a vacuum.

Somtimes it can be frustrating when others can not, or choose not, to see the beauty in what seems obviously beautiful to us. This doesn't make it any less beautiful to us, but we might learn something about the object of our heart's desire when viewed through dissenting eyes. The experience may refine our affection or maybe expose the lense through which the dissenter is viewing; allowing us to adjust our focus or effect theirs. It's takes a light touch to be authoritative yet not oppressive. I'm just so thankful that there are so many people on this forum that will readily share opinions, ideas, and experiences. A whole new world has opened and affected (or infected) my daydreams.

Whew, think I just bored myself to tears...bmL, I'll have to check around for that Bryson book.
 

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