Part III {Scherzo}
I love individuals.
Every person you look at,
you can see the universe in their eyes if you're really looking.
~ George Carlin
From the pine tree learn of the pine tree.
And from the bamboo of the bamboo.
~ Basho
On Great Pianists
My whole life I’ve been influenced and taught by the great pianists of mine and preceding generations. As the years pass, certain pianists come back to me over and over again with something new to offer. For the most part, it’s about these pianists I choose to write. Like any exercise of this nature, these short portraits and commentaries will likely reveal more about myself than about the actual subjects. I’m in no way trying to make a complete list of the great pianists – there are many obvious omissions and some curious inclusions.
This Scherzo is the lightest of the four movements and is at times comical, at times pensive, at others irreverent or provocative, but always full of love and respect for the subjects. Each sheds a special indirect light on the concepts presented in the other three sections.
You yourself must strive.
The Buddhas only point the way.
~ unknown
Mind your thoughts, as they become your words.
Mind your words, as they become your actions.
Mind your actions, as they become you.
~ Buddha