NormanKliman -> RE: thoughts about duende (Sep. 1 2007 14:55:00)
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Hi everyone, I've just joined the forum and this post caught my eye. There's a concept known as samadhi, which is defined by Webster's as follows: n. Hinduism, Buddhism. contemplation of an object of meditation, seen as one stage in which the distinction between subject and object is preserved, and another stage in which all distinctions are completely absorbed. I don't know much about this, because I just stumbled across the word in the dictionary one day, but it sure sounds to me like what HemeolaMan said about a ringing telephone bringing one back to reality. Now don't get me wrong: Samadhi is much more than daydreaming, and, as someone else has mentioned, there's a lot of airy-fairy nonsense said about duende. But I think there's some real food for thought here. When you become completely absorbed in something, your ego is sometimes pushed into the background, and that might happen during a particularly engaging conversation, hot performance or, uh, just watching TV. You can become absorbed in your instrument or in the singer or dancer that you're accompanying. On several occasions, I've seen how flamenco artists, when really absorbed in performance, will look confused and short of breath immediately after the last note has sounded. People are applauding but the artists don't immediately react. It looks like they have to come back from... somewhere. Obviously, distractions are the biggest obstacle to entering this state of total absorption, and I suspect that rhythmic imprecision is the most commonly ocurring distraction. Aside from people throwing things at you, of course. Just a few rambling thoughts. I'd enjoy reading other people's opinions on this subject. Norman
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