http://rdrussell.com/why-do-you-compose-a-response-to-rob-deemer Mon, 04 May 2015 01:58:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://rdrussell.com/why-do-you-compose-a-response-to-rob-deemer#comment-73 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:33:44 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/?p=2435#comment-73 I agree completely — and you’ve said it so much more succinctly. Thanks!
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]]> http://rdrussell.com/why-do-you-compose-a-response-to-rob-deemer#comment-71 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:15:06 +0000 http://rdrussell.com/?p=2435#comment-71 the personal *is* the universal, so when we write and express what we feel, it resonates with others who are open to it. the reason you still dig the moonlight sonata is that Beethoven expressed a personal, yet universal feeling very very well. To me it is a mistake to compose to show off how much you know — it is better to show off how much you feel.

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