{"id":356,"date":"2014-08-31T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T15:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=356"},"modified":"2014-08-31T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T23:26:18","slug":"the-principled-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jillpearlman.com\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"The Principled Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Young<\/a>

Young flutist in the middle of Jerusalem’s shuk, Yehuda Mahane market.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sometimes the argument is so loud, so endless, so entrenched that you don’t know what to do with yourself. Too many people are shouting. You need some peace. People are pulling you in every direction.\u00a0\u00a0 Although your head is spinning and you hardly know who you are anymore, you don’t want to join either camp.\u00a0\u00a0 You’d like to be a part, but what can you do? Once you realize how many jerks there are on both sides, you feel better about not adding to the noise.<\/p>\n

You stand in the middle of the maelstrom with your feet firmly planted and your heart secure, take a deep breath: \u00a0And play. \u00a0 Yes, play. \u00a0Already you feel saner.\u00a0\u00a0 You’ve taken a principled stand.\u00a0\u00a0 Listening to your own voice lets you open the space and channel larger voices that are wise and profound from beyond you. You can play music with every ounce of your being. Simone Weil would say it’s about attention, stupid. It’s not talent; it’s a kind of prayer. It’s one hundred percent focus. \u00a0It’s being human.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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