Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Congratulations on reaching wider audiences Peter Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Aug 20, 2009, at 2:13 AM, Peter Klein wrote: > LUG: I want to thank everyone who read my Wagner article and > responded about it. The LUG was a great sounding board for the > article. We have members from all over the globe who are > intelligent, articulate and interested in music, and know something > about the creative process. And we all use (or have used) a German- > made camera, so we have to some degree self-selected out those who > would despise Wagner's music because of simplistic "guilt by > association." > > I read and thought about every opinion expressed. I won't be able > to personally answer everyone, but I want each and every one of you > to know that I valued your contributions to the discussion. I > wanted to stimulate thought, and it appears I've done that. I > wanted to get beyond the extremes of "He was Hitler's favorite > composer, so I hate his music" vs."Wagner was such a genius that > nothing else matters." I wanted to explore the gray areas between > those extremes, where one can be fully aware of both the greatness > of the music and the despicable bigotry the composer espoused. > > A few days after the article came out, it was picked up by The > Gathering Note, a Northwest site for classical music commentary. > So it got to a wider audience. > http://www.gatheringnote.org/?p=5256 > > Thanks again to all! > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information