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September 6, 2005

When Your Own Words are Hopelessly Inadequate

Nicholas Barrett of taliesin's log, one of the most superb writers I've been fortunate enough to come across, has recently moved the focus of his blogging from a personal nature to his musical finds. He made this move a month or so ago, and though I've not stopped reading his blog, found that I truly missed his more personal entries. As such, I was surprised to find that he'd written a post about New Orleans. He eloquently wrote all that I thought about yet struggled to write myself. An excerpt:

Those who are elected to lead others have a public responsibility at all times to do so without question or balking. In life, as in any musical performance worthy of the name, the immediate reaction if something goes so terribly wrong should be to take steps to remedy it at once.
Nobody can expect flawless performance from anyone else, but a failure to be a responsive and responsible part of the act when you are and have been entrusted by others with such duties strikes me as an unwise, cold and ultimately inhuman way to behave. It's a pity.

For New Orleans ... and the future -- I highly recommend that you read it.

Cindy

Comments

Brain matter deposited by: Joost on September 6, 2005 11:16 AM

Brain matter deposited by: BLUE on September 7, 2005 4:39 PM