Wow! I guess I've reached pedant stage at last. Why, it is a pretty lofty view from up here LH! I can see for miles and miles! I shudda copyrighted that post as is will now be framed and hung in every creative person's living room.

WLD how do you hold two drumsticks in that proboscis and manage to play the drums?!!!

I heard Kristofferson at a concert long ago in Bakersfield (CA) and it was pretty terrific but when I talked with him afterwards he was nothing but apologies because he felt he had messed up on his harmonies. His band members were reassuring as was I but he knew what he was capable of and felt he had missed his mark. The man is an artist. I know he loves whatever he is doing and tries to put his all, his best into it. That is to say, he works at it which means practice, which means getting it right. Self criticism is probably the hardest master but it is not the only master. You have to find out how you are being perceived and that means listening to your critics, whether you like them or not.