Oct 2, 2020
5 min read
Why it’s so Hard to Become a Musician
Don’t be fooled by how easy they make it look.
The late, great literary critic, Harold Bloom, repeatedly referred to literature as a “difficult pleasure.” He felt that North American culture was sunk in a mire of mediocrity because its people were too enamoured of “easy pleasures” like popular novels and movies. For me, literature, although challenging, is a much…
