I could read this quote from a couple directions. The first and immediate one that comes to my mind is to accept mediocrity. Use the think system like Prof. Harold Hill in the music man and you will flugel the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds. Take what you get and learn to like it.

But the author allows that she had been at the keyboard for several hours which would indicate to me that the author is clearly not a beginner. Does this mean tht at some point, on one of the plateaus we all reach in learning anything, an epiphany was attained?

I'd accept the second. The notion that you know the fundimentals and are competant at what you do is evident. But the magic that allows you to be better is suddenly openned to you. Tasio Neuvolare (sp) said "You don't drive on the road to win, you become the road." (Paraphrased but close.) Its the same with music.

This returns us to the Floating thread from early in the fall. Doc Watson and Manitas DiPlata play wildly different styles but I'd bet they had both reached this epiphany.

I accept this as good advice but not for a beginner. I believe that dues must be paid, proficiency attained and the enlightenmentof discovery as stated by the aithor is the gold at the end of the rainbow.

( I like Bonnie's analogy too. My Sweetie likes having them and I like causing them, Its a win, win situation.)

Don