Wed, 7 Jul 2004 01:14:52 -0400

"Sheryl, I know you are busy reading a lot, but I would like to recommend
something every student of expression should read. I believe it is crucial
to fully understand your concept of art in order to place things in a larger
picture. You may or may not have an internalized concept of what art feels
like, but a excellent piece of literature that explores the question of
defining art is a book called "The Principles of Art" by R.G. Collingwood. I
also realize your research is based around the question, "What is jazz?" But
I believe you have a passion and are an artist, so I think another question
that you should explore personally is "what is art?" because that is really
the goal of much of jazz. I feel this will help you keep a relatively
concrete topic in a larger perspective of the goal of all forms of
expression. I think that exploring this question might lead to much
different results than defining jazz in itself, as they are on a basic sense
completely different subjects. Okay sorry for the ranting. Your site is
very nice, I definitely dig and it seems that you are getting a lot of work
done this summer. I am also doing research so I can relate. talk to you
later."