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Starting Anew:
I am pleased you are progressing. As I said, I really like your song, "love has flown."
About your vocal coach:
I am not surprised that his blindness does not dim his ability or acumen as a vocal coach.
Very often, when one sense is destroyed, other senses are augmented in power and sensitivity.
When vision is extinguished, brain cells that had been devoted to the deconstruction And manipulation of visual phenomena may be rerouted to the explication and understanding of the auditory world. Likewise, a person whose senses are intact might find it very difficult to learn braille. However, a blind person will have more cerebral resources to master braille because his brain may largely absent itself from the world of images, allowing more neurons to master that which is tactile.
About his self denigration:
That man (the vocal coach) is wounded and aching. You said he characterized himself as the bottom of the barrel. Why in heaven's name does he debase himself like that. I don't want to burden you, but I suggest that you keep an eye on him.
I continue to remain impressed by your energy and willingness to follow the trail of incremental improvement. Demming would be proud of you :-)
Be well.
J.
I just tried to write a comment, and the entire thing vanished into the ether because of computer problems.
Starting Anew:
I am pleased you are progressing. As I said, I really like your song, "love has flown."
About your vocal coach:
I am not surprised that his blindness does not dim his ability or acumen as a vocal coach.
Very often, when one sense is destroyed, other senses are augmented in power and sensitivity.
When vision is extinguished, brain cells that had been devoted to the deconstruction And manipulation of visual phenomena may be rerouted to the explication and understanding of the auditory world. Likewise, a person whose senses are intact might find it very difficult to learn braille. However, a blind person will have more cerebral resources to master braille because his brain may largely absent itself from the world of images, allowing more neurons to master that which is tactile.
About his self denigration:
That man (the vocal coach) is wounded and aching. You said he characterized himself as the bottom of the barrel. Why in heaven's name does he debase himself like that. I don't want to burden you, but I suggest that you keep an eye on him.