As we approach July 4th I always think about the UK. Over the course of a year over 60 countries celebrate their independence from them. No one likes a bully.
Last week we were discussing the book of Genesis. Someone asked, "what was the forbidden fruit in the garden of eden?" Someone else claimed it was desire. Another said unlawful pleasure . I say pomegranate.
many jams
In case you don't know what I'm talking about from the quote in the title, it's bacon. Anyway, currently, I'm sitting in the training room in Chennai next to Karthik, one of the trainees. He's becoming one of my good friends although we can barely understand one word the other says.
Karthik is learning guitar, but has never heard someone else play guitar before. He also doesn't know any famous guitar players. I'd imagine this makes learning guitar very difficult, but perhaps not. Since he has no preconceptions it may be fresh and easy to pick up.
Yesterday, I taught him about Jerry Garcia and Tony Rice. He liked both.
Today, look over out of the corner of my eye I see he's reading, with the greatest attention, the Wikipedia page for bacon. I couldn't help, but laugh out loud. I asked why he was reading it and felt stupid when he replied simply, "I don't know what it is."
I guess it's the same as when I read the Wiki page for Genesha. I learn a lot more in Chennai than the names of Gods and spices.
