by Kurt Knecht | Jul 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
I just finished Buber’s two volume Tales of the Chasidm. Here are a few favorites.When Mendel was in Kotzk, the rabbi of that town asked him: “Where did you learn the art of silence?” He was on the verge of answering the question,...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Then Pilate went again into the courthouse and called Jesus and said to him: Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Are you asking for yourself, or have you heard that from someone else? Pilate answered: Am I Jewish? Your...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Bach contemplations – Riemenschneider #205Passages like this make Bach an endless source of musical contemplation. In a discussion with Stan Kleppinger some time yesteryear, he formulated a wondrous analogue for such seeming eccentricity. In the...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
In some ways, it’s very ironic. After training for about 33 years to be good at something, the biggest gig you play is on a crappy electronic instrument in a basketball stadium. The graduation ceremony was the only time I was regularly playing in front of...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
The third complaint in Bill Blankschaen’s post is a complaint about repetition. I have little problem with what he is trying to say here – though it is expressed in a rather confusing fashion. After complaining about the comical and vain repetitions in...
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