Mule

Yesterday I saw a video of Christopher Porterfield playing Away in A Manger on his Mule, his new baby sitting in his lap and his wife filming. Yesterday I also read an interview with a maker of stuff who used a lot of words like "as long as I can remember," and "obsessively", "there are no shortcuts here." These two experiences made me think of the 80/20 rule and how it applies to so much of what we spend our words on.  Of course there is nothing inherently wrong with talking about the last 20% of guitar playing/making. The problem is we spend 80% of our words on it - endless internet debates trying to assert authority, scraping half a gram off a bridge- ME ME ME. It's so far from the purpose- and it's a purpose that we spend almost none of our words on. It is,  in the words of Stephen Pressfield, resistance.   It keeps us from doing the work that really matters.  The meaningful stuff. The scary stuff.  When Chris was playing that song with his baby you think he was thinking about how he could have  a luthier drill some holes in the saddle or something? Let's talk more about the important stuff, people and music, and less about the distractions.