tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919905982435630050.post7831661647397651287..comments2023-07-30T12:12:10.024-04:00Comments on Expressing the inexpressible...?: teaching and performingMax Levinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11061804039453056782noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919905982435630050.post-46654151264881496642008-07-01T13:02:00.000-04:002008-07-01T13:02:00.000-04:00Eric Ripert is my fave guest judge. He seems actua...Eric Ripert is my fave guest judge. He seems actually open to learning something new from contestants, and his comments are always perceptive and constructive - unlike the idiotic comments that sometimes emanate from Padma or Gail. I haven't been to Le Bernadin yet, but I'm looking forward to it since Ripert is held in high estime by everyone in the culinary world.<BR/>You really love 4 Quartets by T S Eliot, don't you? I remember you referring to it quite a bit even in college:)ckoh71https://www.blogger.com/profile/10563402142923766923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1919905982435630050.post-68253313270077741392008-06-22T11:21:00.000-04:002008-06-22T11:21:00.000-04:00Max,I have to confess I don't know anything about ...Max,<BR/>I have to confess I don't know anything about Richter. But his attitude makes us ask ourselves, if a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it...yada yada yada. I would think that music is essentially a form of communication, and if somebody feels he doesn't need to be 'infected' through communication from others, it may limit the value of what he has to say. As your chef pointed out, the problem is Ego. Whatever it is you're doing, if you overcome ego, you will be able to learn. Richter seemingly felt he was way too good to learn from anyone. Then why would anyone want to hear what he had to say?Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03809477518673323962noreply@blogger.com