朋友也想架網誌，又是一次關於網誌的後設討論。大家關心網誌的隱私權，以及流言的問題，也提到公眾人物必須要更加謹言慎行。我從心的觀點提出一些看法。
我覺得blog給我很好的反思機會: 我為什麼要寫？要寫什麼？要寫給誰看？要具名還是要匿名？我發現這些問題各各組合我都有不同的答案，背後都透露出我不同的欲望，對我來說是很寶貴的經驗。
謹言慎行應該對所有人都重要。身口意如果不清淨，心要平安就很難。只是我們大部分的人，在變成公眾人物之後，就更會被「名」綁住了，所以才會覺得公眾人物不自由。事實上，真正不自由的不是公眾人物的身份，而是我們心對虛名的執著，以及不清淨的欲望對我們心的綁縛。
A few weeks ago I was watching the video recording of an astonishing piano concert by Friedrich Gulda, Chick Corea, and Nicolas Economou (it was broadcasted on TV and was recorded from the TV). When Gulda was playing Bach's Air (a nice surprise in an improvisational concert), my housemate Shining, in the other room, heard that and asked me who the beautiful lady pianist was. I laughed hard and showed her the bald Gulda.
After that, I went on to watch Hiromi Uehara's piano concert at Singawa Aqua Stadium Stellar Ball. Then Shining walked by again when Hiromi was pounding on the piano with her fist and arm. Realizing the dramatic shock she must have been in, I couldn't help but laugh harder.
Does music has gender? Obviously the question implies a lot of sterotypical assumption:
First, the gender-quality association: beauty implies feminity.
Second, the music-performer assocation: a beautiful melody is probably produced by a beautiful person.
In our scenario here,a beautiful Bach Air then implies feminine qualities (ironically Bach was a man) which is probably played by a beautiful lady.
My gender equality friends would be more interested in breaking the above stereotype. I, as a composer, am actually more interested in what music is considered beautiful.
* Conservative repertoire in 'classical' concerts
* Listeners' ears unopened
