Go Monz Go

It's great to see Joe Monzo perservere in attempting
to compile and present many of the concepts which
are broached and referred to in these tuning groups!

I admire his tenacity and dedication to the cause of
working towards making some of these concepts
more understandable (hence, digestable) to the
folks (like me) who may know a bit about this or
that, but struggle to try to comprehend exactly
what it is that many of these "high-level" posts
are talking about.

We all tend to "forget what we once did not know"
(beforehand) in the process of attempting to present
ideas, and these barriers of understanding are only
overcome by tenacious questioning on the part of the
parties who seek to understand.

Many a time, I have refrained from attempting to inquire
as to "what it is" that someone is talking about in their
(interesting, but not widely accessible or understandable)
posts on these groups. Digging through the archives can
be helpful, but often only adds a few glimmers of what one
needs in order to really understand and work with the
concepts involved.

It is not a simple matter to attempt to clarify the nature of
many of these concepts, and the details of the esoteric
vernaculars which accompany them. Many folks (myself
included), I imagine, feel rather shy about inquiring of
those in the "fast lanes" what it is they are up to, since
they clearly are having so much fun speaking to each
other in these mysterious dialects, and would probably
get rather irritated if deluged with simple questions
(like mine), especially if that process required the
time consuming process of patiently iterating again
and again through the many (simple) questions which
inevitably lead to (complicated) answers, due to the
complex nature of these thought constructs.

So, hats off to Joe Monzo for his perserverance in
these matters, and willingness to reveal what is unclear
to him, in the interest of rendering it accessible to
"ordinary folks" (such as I). This is the mark of a
good teacher, and we are fortunate that Monz makes
those efforts (without pay, and without much recognition
for his efforts).

If to be understood by others is our goal in presenting
our ideas, we should be thankful for Monz's work,
which exemplifies the process of curiousity in action.

J Gill