Comments on: Making Time for What Really Matters http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog/2009/10/making-time-for-what-really-matters/ A Catholic blog on the vocation to love and holiness, on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, and on diverse theological and philosophical questions. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harold http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog/2009/10/making-time-for-what-really-matters/#comment-122 Harold Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:49:22 +0000 http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog2/?p=89#comment-122 In the opinion of one who neither musically illiterate nor snobbish, this experiment (if the YouTube clip gives a fair sampling of Bell's music choice) indicates nothing about inability to distinguish greatness or about pragmatism. Cognoscenti might recognize the piece he is playing in the clip. They might see (or invent) its worth; average people would appreciate some melody and rhythm. Bell has other things in his repertoire which he could performed. Perhaps the clip unfairly represents his "concert" but if not, he was lucky that no one threw any rotten tomatoes. In the opinion of one who neither musically illiterate nor snobbish, this experiment (if the YouTube clip gives a fair sampling of Bell's music choice) indicates nothing about inability to distinguish greatness or about pragmatism.

Cognoscenti might recognize the piece he is playing in the clip. They might see (or invent) its worth; average people would appreciate some melody and rhythm. Bell has other things in his repertoire which he could performed.

Perhaps the clip unfairly represents his "concert" but if not, he was lucky that no one threw any rotten tomatoes.

]]> By: Robert http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog/2009/10/making-time-for-what-really-matters/#comment-121 Robert Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:21:27 +0000 http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog2/?p=89#comment-121 I really like this post Joseph! I notice that despite mentally re-evaluating things to be done it is still sometimes difficult to reorder our activities. One solution is perhaps a heightened awareness of the real value in goods related to the important, but not urgent category - an awareness that inspires imagination and therefore invokes a natural draw. I look forward to your next post on this. I really like this post Joseph! I notice that despite mentally re-evaluating things to be done it is still sometimes difficult to reorder our activities. One solution is perhaps a heightened awareness of the real value in goods related to the important, but not urgent category – an awareness that inspires imagination and therefore invokes a natural draw. I look forward to your next post on this.

]]> By: Nita http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog/2009/10/making-time-for-what-really-matters/#comment-120 Nita Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:06:45 +0000 http://www.pathsoflove.com/blog2/?p=89#comment-120 Thank you for writing this. Just recently I was back from a trip to Europe and very often came across people playing music on subways. I always stopped to listen but there was no one around. I thought most of them were very good, but I didn't understand why no one was listening! A player of music doesn't have to be great, he just has to be average. I mean don't we stop to listen to a tweet of a bird or the chatter of a squirrel? Whats happening to us all I wonder, if we don't do this! Thank you for writing this. Just recently I was back from a trip to Europe and very often came across people playing music on subways. I always stopped to listen but there was no one around. I thought most of them were very good, but I didn't understand why no one was listening! A player of music doesn't have to be great, he just has to be average. I mean don't we stop to listen to a tweet of a bird or the chatter of a squirrel? Whats happening to us all I wonder, if we don't do this!

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