From my musicologist friend tonight: to be a learner over and over again!

“The real masters are humble, not in competition. In any medium. And you can learn rather than be in competition with them.” My older musician friend tonight. “By the time you are a master in your medium, you have nothing to lose, and everything to share. And yet, you are slightly isolated in your mastery.”

Nice thought from my musical genius friend tonight, who taught for many years, and is a master teacher on several instruments, but is still a learner from those who have gone farther and further into what music is.

“Handel couldn’t learn from Beethoven, or Bach, because of his own insecurities. Who knows what would have happen if Handel would have moved from master to student at the end!” Great quote, i will remember.

Can we, regardless of our skill level, in whatever our fields of interest and calling, still find those further out in the Forest of knowing than us! And be children or students again!

Let’s learn from one another’s areas of mastery friends! Let’s be humble enough to come under, and be inspired by those in front of us, in whatever our fields of becoming are ours!