There was an evening in Flagstaff, Arizona, where I was busking, playing music on the street. A man listened and said: “You sound good. I know some people who would like to hear you play.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We drove up the mountain where a mini rainbow gathering was happening. So I played. But after a few songs there was this lady who was upset because I didn’t play songs that everybody knew and could sing along with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I realized there are two types of appreciation. One is the sense of belonging you might get from familiarity. Everybody has that. It is innate part of survival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other is the inner charm of belonging to a new experience, of focusing and concentrating upon something unfamiliar, to see if satisfying ideas, emotions, thoughts, or connections might be made. This is very qualidelic and it takes practice – conscious ritualing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some people, I guess, sometimes don\u2019t try to do that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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