tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post4379929236841234321..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Leff's Sixth LawJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-25589665640593778622013-06-01T15:54:04.721-04:002013-06-01T15:54:04.721-04:00I know. All the worthy insights boil down to clich...I know. All the worthy insights boil down to cliches, and all the really great ones just sound like mush.<br /><br />How about this, though: The very greatest art is utterly transparent.<br /><br />Going back to food and wine, I've noticed that some of the greatest wines of the last century (which I'm lucky to have tasted, thanks to a collector friend) actually remind you of water. Not that they're dilute or insipid. They just have the utter transparency of water.<br /><br />Same for really really great whiskies, etc etc. My mind keeps returning to waterJim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-40835906621477690582013-06-01T15:38:48.932-04:002013-06-01T15:38:48.932-04:00So true. If I find myself at a concert registering...So true. If I find myself at a concert registering a musician's beautiful tone or chops or interesting interpretation, that generally means I wasn't blown away. The great performances don't even sound like music to me, just pure beauty/love/energy/meaning (sounds really foo foo but it's beyond normal words I guess).Tom Meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16231356908855285633noreply@blogger.com