Alan & Brenda Leonard

11/15/02 07:57:

> I have NEVER been sorry about friends I've met through musical activities.
> Either I'm prejudiced and think all the brightest people are musicians, or
> there's something about the mind-workings of musicians that makes them easier
> for me to understand and get along with. That's easy to expect from others
> who are very physical, or very verbal, or intuitive. It's not that I want to
> do music with my musician buddies all the time, or even to LISTEN to
> similarly-shared music, but it's something about the way they see the world
> and organize their thoughts that resonates with me.
>
> Am I imagining this? Can anyone else shed light on it?

Hmmmm. I have a lot of my musically-inclined friends who aren't musicians
for a living. Their brains work in a way that resonates with mine. But my
husband, who is my closest friend, plays the cd player, and that's it. He's
fairly tone-deaf.

And professional musicians tend to drive me absolutely wacko. Maybe it's
that we're tuned on the same wavelength, and so there's static?

A lot of the musicians I grew up with went into the sciences (medicine,
mainly) rather than music. I wonder if it's logic but with room for
personal expression that appeals in both those areas. Therefore, as a
scientist of sorts yourself, Sandra (experimenting with education), that
same mindset appeals to you?

Interesting thread.

brenda