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“…many, perhaps most of the great things that get done in this world, especially in the realm of art, are done by people with no common sense whatsoever.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

so writes Terry Teachout in the mailbox section of today’s blog post<\/strong><\/a>. He was responding to an email he received wherein the correspondent mentioned some young dancers “who had so little common sense and so much passion for dance\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.”<\/p>\n

Family and friends may wonder why we toil at projects that hold so little hope of substantial financial gain, and I guess passion is as good an answer as any. The image of a starving-artist-in-the garret loses its allure with age and the fires of idealism may be reduced to smoldering embers, but creative passions never die.<\/p>\n

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Rifftides offers a short list of recommended holiday music<\/strong><\/a> so I thought I’d tell you what’s coming through the speakers at our house during the holidays:<\/p>\n