Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/10/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Altho there's a lot to be said for the pride of possession, I really think that what is really at the core of that satisfaction is the pride of potential. If a Leica RF is anything, it's that. We can really do extraordinary work with a Leica RF -- or others can because we know that they have for over three quarters of a century. Someone can gloat over $1 billion he has somehow got to own, but the significance of that wealth is not in its ownership, or exclusivity of possession but in what it represents in the real world: creativity and productivity. It must be used or it's meaningless. If Horowitz on the way from the airport suddenly has an idea about how to play Scarlati, halts his cab, rings my doorbell to enquire whether I have a Steinway grand, would I deny him its use? We are but stewards of what we possess. Bob