by Kurt Knecht | Mar 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Because it has become a topic of interest once again amongst all the young parents that I find in my life right now, I will recapitulate the two rules that my children where taught from their infancy. If you ask them, “What are the rules?”, they will...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 24, 2012 | creativity, kurt knecht, robert woody, science, Uncategorized
The internets are all worth it if I get to interact with such a fertile mind as the one Bob Woody carries around in his skull. You can read his response to my last post here. Let me say a few things in reply.I am certainly not opposed to technique in any sense. In...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 21, 2012 | creativity, imagine, jonah lehrer, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
Tonight, I listened to Jonah Lehrer speak about his book Imagine. It is another in an increasingly popular genre of literature that seeks to explain “creativity” to some degree or other. If you don’t already know the story, here is the Wikipedia entry on Eureka.“This...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 17, 2012 | kurt knecht, the thing, Uncategorized, urologists
On the morning of the first day, I awoke to a slight discomfort. It was just the slightest sensation that the family jewels may have been bumped around a little. On the morning of the second day, the pain had managed a crescendo to a relatively stable mezzo piano. I...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 12, 2012 | BWV 172, J.S. Bach, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
Once again, I have been confronted with the wild and bold choices of JSB. This time, it’s from BWV 172. I was accompanying this yesterday and was shocked to see that fourth measure. (You can expand the picture by clicking on it.)That’s right. Over a pedal...
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