[steven]

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I admire those who built cathedrals and other wonderful architecture
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Something that is really cool about some of those old churches adn cathedrals is how the architecture affects the acoustics. It's amazing how that seemed to work out. The way that the sound travels through the buildings and the way the materials used change the sound is really incredible... I wonder how much science and math went into the designs back then.

In my younger days (no that I'm old or anything) there weren't too many people I admired. I did always admrie the generation that grew up during the Great Depression, then fought through World War II and Korea though... it seems like such a hard life to what people generally live today. If you read stories of how these people grew up it is comparable to a third world country by today's standards.

I can't remember when it was... but at some point America decided it would be a good idea to get first hand accounts of people who were living during the civil war era. I think stuff like that is very important and very interesting. It wouldn't be a bad idea to do that today with the generation who are in their mid-late 80's.

Now days, I seem to respect a lot of music people. Jazz musicians I think are not given enough credit for their creation of a genre of music which is very American. Also, on a semi related note, I play a lot of solo jazz guitar, but sometimes I wish I could play a real solo instrument. There is something so cool about having that single voice and being able to do a solo or contribute to a sound to create a whole that is much more beautiful than its individual voices. I think there is a lot to learn from that idea.