Re: Correction (long)

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Thanks for that insight Lori!

Owen

Lori Lippitz (MaxwellSt (at) aol(dot)com) wrote:
the
> mystics teach that the yeitzer hara (the inclination to evil) is the driving
> force of human nature--so we understand that the sexual urge can be either
> base and animalistic or as holy as the original act of creation.  My problem
> with pop rhythms for Jewish dance music is that they are associated with the
> former--as you say, sex in a hedonistic society.  But please don't read the
> sex out of my klezmer music!  It's just a different type.  We may wish to be
> pure, but not Puritans.
> 
> Lori Lippitz
> Maxwell St.