Comments on: Moments of joy http://www.sweet-tea-no-lemon.com/2006/02/moments-of-joy The way it's supposed to be. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:14:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: King of Ghosts http://www.sweet-tea-no-lemon.com/2006/02/moments-of-joy#comment-2 King of Ghosts Sat, 04 Feb 2006 21:51:24 +0000 http://www.sweet-tea-no-lemon.com/?p=4#comment-2 Sleep is the great teacher, I have found: it lets the body catch up with the mind. It's a remarkable feeling to wake up and discover that your fingers know the piece with no more help from you: "it comes of itself".<br/><br/>You've hit on the essential tie between reading and music, I'd say. Since we constantly re-listen to good music, good writing should naturally be worth re-reading. Sleep is the great teacher, I have found: it lets the body catch up with the mind. It’s a remarkable feeling to wake up and discover that your fingers know the piece with no more help from you: “it comes of itself”.

You’ve hit on the essential tie between reading and music, I’d say. Since we constantly re-listen to good music, good writing should naturally be worth re-reading.

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