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From:
Ernst Meyer <ernstmeyer@earthlink.net>
Date:
Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:28:00 -0400
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Subject:     Fwd: Barn
Date:     Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:28:07 -0400
From:     Ernst Meyer <ernstmeyer@earthlink.net>
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Subject:     Barn
Date:     Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:34:17 -0500
From:     Marion Namenwirth<namenwir@umn.edu>
Organization:     University of Minnesota
To:     Jochen Meyer<ernstmeyer@earthlink.net>



Dear Jochen,  I greatly enjoy reading your letters and forwards, and
your essays.
I particularly like your focus on how contact with Nature modifies a
person's character, so that we henceforth experience the world a
bit differently than before.  Of course many of our experiences with
Cell and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy are partly
indirect, depending on mathematical reasoning, or a chain of inferences
involving microscopes, centrifuges, cyclotrons and other instruments,
and even logical and philosophical constructs.  Thus the experience of
Nature is not entirely different from one's understanding of History.
Even the "direct" experience of natural phenomena is colored by our
cultural framework.  Do we experience lightning and thunder as
aesthetic, dangerous, a communication from the gods?
(To be continued)
On Friday Judy and I saw a minimalist production of "Leonce and Lena",
presented in English by a newly created local theatre company. It was
just good enough to spur me to start reading the original.
Nathaniel's German essay #1 was lovely.  After listening to the Belmont
Summer Music Festival recording, Micha opined that it definitely showed
talent, but he was very focused on professional analysis of the
orchestral sound and found many imperfections for which to hold the
conductor responsible.  He thought it important to choose repertoire
that the orchestra can play, and that this orchestra was too small for
the Dvorak Symphony, with the strings overwhelmed by the brass.  He also
thought the symphony was too difficult for this orchestra.  He
complained of the intonation, of the players frequently neglecting
to fully complete a musical phrase.  He believes it is important for a
conductor to notice and deal with all these elements.  In this sense,
Nathaniel's reluctance to upload these performances to You-Tube is
probably wise.
The Barn photo was taken from what used to be the southern third of our
60-acre property, but is now owned by David, Boo's former partner.
Marion



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