I understand the positions of other guys on this thread, when they say that this is a ridiculous idea, doomed for ridicule or failure.
I understand it. And maybe they're right.
But I say this:
He's not buying a violin to become a virtuoso. He's doing this to show respect and love for another person, who is dying.
Dying.
I wish I could type it larger than that.
He's making a simple gesture of human emotion for someone he cares about. And for this reason, the "rules" are different. Love is the most powerful, the most sincere, and the most enduring of all emotions. Does it matter what the musical "product" will sound like? No. Does it matter that you will butcher the song you try to do? No. Does it matter that you will only be able to scrape out a few pathetic notes? No.
Look into your hearts, guys. Love has its own logic, of which reason has no say.
Sharkie, hear me: you become a better man the moment that violin bow brushes up against that cheap, rickety, Amazon-bought violin. Your actions spring from a sincere desire to do something that will act as a gesture of connection to another person, distressed in her suffering.
You're a good man Sharkie. It's the nicest thing a man could do for someone else.
I understand it. And maybe they're right.
But I say this:
He's not buying a violin to become a virtuoso. He's doing this to show respect and love for another person, who is dying.
Dying.
I wish I could type it larger than that.
He's making a simple gesture of human emotion for someone he cares about. And for this reason, the "rules" are different. Love is the most powerful, the most sincere, and the most enduring of all emotions. Does it matter what the musical "product" will sound like? No. Does it matter that you will butcher the song you try to do? No. Does it matter that you will only be able to scrape out a few pathetic notes? No.
Look into your hearts, guys. Love has its own logic, of which reason has no say.
Sharkie, hear me: you become a better man the moment that violin bow brushes up against that cheap, rickety, Amazon-bought violin. Your actions spring from a sincere desire to do something that will act as a gesture of connection to another person, distressed in her suffering.
You're a good man Sharkie. It's the nicest thing a man could do for someone else.