There is a Japanese visual art in which the artist is forced to be spontaneous. He must paint on a thin stretched parchment with a special brush and a black water paint in such a way that an unnatural or interrupted stroke will destroy the line or break through the parchment. Erasures or changes are impossible. These artists must practice a particular discipline, that of allowing the idea to express itself in communicition with their hands in such a direct way that deliberation cannot interfere. The resulting pictures lack the complex composition and textures of ordinary painting, but it is said that those who see will find something captured that escapes explanation. This conviction that direct deed is the most meaningful reflection, I believe, has prompted the evolution of the extremely severe and unique disciplines of the jazz or improvising musician. - Bill Evans
( Very eloquently expressed by the equally eloquent Bill Evans. That's why I love jazz, whether playing or listening...the spontaneous creation of beautiful music. Bill plays with guitarist Jim Hall on the albumn Undercurrent. I also love Bill's Interplay albumn with Jim Hall, Hubbard, etc...lots of sensitive playing and interaction between these talented musicians. - Ed)
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