The Vain Pursuit of Excellence - Discussion.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Guys,
I'm very gratified by the response this posting got but now it's confession time. I dropped an awfull gooly in the original posting and would like to correct it now. My excuse is that, having mulled over the whole subject in my mind for quite a while I dashed it off too quickly in posting it. My excuse? - old age and being awake too long - no afternoon nap .
To put it briefly, the pusuit of excellence is to be applauded, (whatever 'excellence' might mean to each of us), but the pursuit of Nirvana, that way lies frustration and madness.
Cheers,

I completely agree, Dave!
Excellence is attainable.
Nirvana only exists in the mind of the deluded hopeful.

But then some folks enjoy chasing Nirvana & there's nothing wrong with that. I did it myself for a while until I spent a couple of hours in the company of Neil Young with Pearl Jam as his backing band. That was the moment I realised I was wasting my time - you can't recreate that type of sound (& this would be a 'good thing' for some folks!)