Re: Poll: Beatles or Beach Boys?

On Apr 22, 4:56=A0pm, Van Dyke Cat <v...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> BlackMonk wrote:
> >> I know that. =A0Oftentimes, formal education can be a hindrance.
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> >> your imagination in.
>
> > I think that's a myth. If you have an imagination, formal education
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> > going to take it away. If you don't have imagination, ignornance isn't
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> > to give you one. Look at John Cale, would you say formal education
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> > his imagination in?
>
> > More generally, would you ever say that it's a good thing for a writer
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> > illiterate?
>
> There is a great gulf between being schooled *at all* and being
> /formally/ schooled, so saying that someone is 'illiterate' is quitye
> different to suggesting that they have not been anywhere near (say) a
> creative writing class.
>
> I tend to agree that it's a myth, though. Formal education will only
> expand your palette.

EXACTLY, I really agree.  (The statement that formal training would
inculcate a musician with a bunch of "rules" that they would then be
less inclined to "break," strikes me as something that would be most
likely to be made by someone who had none themselves.)

richforman

> If you have an imagination then it will only use it
> like any other tool, as and when it is required.
>
> VDC