I really appreciate this piece. It describes something that I have been feeling for a long time.

So many have been persuaded that the things we "think" are more important and the things we "feel". Both are needed for complete functioning.

I was a professional musician. Great value was given to the ability to read and reproduce music at a high, professional standard for recordings or concerts. So far, so functional. For me, it was the great musicians I have had the privilege to work with who in many ways said the same thing to me, "Yes, but the dots on the paper are only the beginning, Get the music off the page and into your heart, then your music can start to give something of great value to people that touches the soul and not just the mind."

I have to read Mark's work slowly, paragraph at a time and just sit with each one, giving them time to sink in and find a home in my heart as well as my head.

Great stuff, Mark. Keep going.