Learning to Write XII

8th December 2006 with 1 Comment

Stradivarius made stringed instruments. If someone was instructing you how to make a violin, he wouldn’t teach you what Stradivarius did. What Stradivarius did can’t be taught. This fictional teacher might let you handle a Stradivarius in the unlikely circumstance that he had one to hand; allow you to feel the grain, even hear something [...]

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