RE: GG: wish lust

["Williamson, Mark" <MWilliamson@alston.com>]

With all due respect, what a bunch of horses--t.  It is perfectly OK to
have sex.  Nothing to be embarrassed about.  Really.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Virginia Brooke [SMTP:wbrooke@uniserve.com]
> Sent:	Friday, April 03, 1998 11:54 AM
> To:	John P. Hill
> Cc:	gould
> Subject:	Re: GG: wish lust
> 
> > > -i also wish that gould either out and out declared himself
> > > a celibate, or got on his white horse and swept a somewhat
> > > aged petula clark off of her feet, riding into the sunset
> > > of little musical genius feet pitterpatting.
> > 
> > This sounds pretty ungouldian.  I'm just as glad not to know about
> > his private life. 
> 
> (the problem being that we already have hints as to what his private
> life was like)
> 
> it's "ungouldian" to the teeth, on closer inspection, so far
> as i can see. which is why i "wish." but then, of course, you
> have to see that...given my druthers...i'd prefer yehudi
> menhuin's quote (available on in GG: Variations)--that the
> idea of a "god" being celibate and "glenn" being celibate are 
> along the same lines--to be closer to reality (i realize  sir
> yehootis'
> intent wasn't entirely animistic [et al] in nature). perhaps not a 
> declaration of celibacy, but instead of that horrid black (circa 
> 1981 goldbergs), perhaps a more temperate, virginal and chaste
> solid-white getup would have done the trick. 
> 
> er... maybe just battleship grey.
> 
> i do feel let down when i come across even vague mention of a gould
> letter to some possible lover of sorts. shattering.
> 
> to a plethora young individuals (and it seems with artists to be, 
> in particular) being able to grow up without becoming subservient to
> carnal
> temptation (ditching social inhibition, instincts [which amount
> to much the same--sometimes]) looks to be a desirable state of
> affairs...
> no nasty repercussions, less to-do with people and a generally
> elevated level of solitude. productivity and mental peace. 
> for others, perhaps, love/lust/whatever does just happen to fill 
> ever so much of a life...certainly, emotional power in music driven 
> by a passion of sorts can be  powerful, but then again, i subscribe to
> f-minor. regardless, i've had a few cohorts mention to me that gould
> is 
> quite an inspiration so far as personal solidarity and the concept of 
> celibacy go (of course, not passing over his other remarkable talents
> or attributing his exceptional and ever-so resplendent body
> of work to his could-have-been-celibacy). i, too, can reaffirm
> such a claim, and am thankful for glenn's years of (apparent)
> intimate inactivity. 
> 
> thanks for a reply.
> 
> merry part,
> 
> will
> 
> ps: sorry about the subject header; i couldn't resist.