Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Email from David

If you practice something and it sounds good, it means you're not doing it right. 
Practice is supposed to sound terrible, and once you sound terrible long enough, you start sounding good, and then your piece becomes ready.

Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Email from David

I love the part when you talked about practice. I should quote you in my journal. I wrote about you in my journal. I wrote about Paul. I wrote to Paul even though I knew he doesn't exist but David he's there inside my head and hence he's real. You're the impression of Paul. And you're really real. Mr. Lewis liked my short story about Paul. He liked the part about his eidetic, detailed memory. After my reading last summer the audience asked me if you (David) were in the room, would he know that Paul is like you in a way? I said I don't think so. But I think I lied. Emily was there. At some point when I was answering questions, I looked right into her eyes and said, "so it's different, but the same." And we smiled at each other across the threshold and it was a very good feeling. I should have invited Jack because then he could have said it himself and he could have got the joke.

Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:21 PM, My reply to David