<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 9, 2007, at 9:44 AM, <A href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Or, another way to say it, "Do we trust our minds, or do we trust our<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">ears?"<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>So what if the numbers don't agree with expectations,<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>listening to the<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica">response of the piano will tell us all we need to know if we let it.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV>This is why you are a hero of mine, Ed Foote. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>IT'S A BODY CRAFT. TRUST YOUR BODY.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Dale Erwin knows this better than most; he's just being the incredible teacher and colleague that he is.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Most of us live, and work, from the neck up; too much thought, too much second-guessing, too much analysis.</DIV><DIV>Trust your body. Live as a true artisan. Stop torturing yourself with your horrific, endless, doubting tape loops.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>David Andersen</DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>