My Comment for Hunter Menning
Hunter–
I loved these two stories as well. It seems that he was the only one that believed in the young children and their possibilities to sit, enjoy and learn about music. In his story about Cora it was nice to see that he even started on the wrong foot and forgot some of his own practices but, boy, when he corrected himself he used so many of the practices to fix what he had done. He is one of a kind that is for sure, but I believe sharing this book with others that we all can even more special than before. Have you watched any of his TED lectures? I’ve only watched one but there are many. He is as dynamic speaking as their book.
Hunter Menning’s Blog Post
Benjamin Zander, author of 'The Art of Possibilities,' is one of those rare individuals who truly ‘Cares’. Is must be a rare gene strand of DNA? He shows this care by placing his visiting students on the stage near his orchestra so they could experience the truest form of ‘passion’ and orchestral performance. These students had already sat for a few hours in previous meetings and now they were going to sit through a concert – they might fidget and be distracting, yet they knew Benjamin was giving them a gift of a lifetime and they were perfect. That takes intuition and a lot of trust. When do we ever go out on a limb like that in the aspect of trusting someone?
And then when Benjamin shares the story of Cora his 2nd chair violinist, he really opens up his soul. He shows us that he didn’t always have this ‘Pure Care.’ He once was, let’s say, in development. Cora changed his life for the better because she stood for something that mattered to her. He lost her in his orchestra and that is what caused a paradigm shift to create the Benjamin we know today. So what am I really saying? We all need to stand up right now, put our hand over our heart, and say, “Thank you Cora.”
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