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16 Feb 09
16 Feb 09
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Which kind of a clapper are you in the audience?
1) Are you the kind hearted saint who starts clapping first, annoyingly before the act is over, and makes everyone else reluctantly clap as well, even though we were definitly not planning to clap.
2) Are you the "blend in" clapper, who only claps because everyone is doing it. You start way after everyone else, and finish way before the clapping is over.
3) Are the moron who has to get the final clap in. As you did in 3rd grade and got a detention. once the crowd is finished with the applause, you proceed with 2 or 3 more loud and obnoxious claps just to be heard, and just to think that you are cool.
Obviously, I just came from a performance I didn't like. It had these three distinct types of clappers. Which are you?
16 Feb 09
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Originally posted by PocketKingsI'm the third who starts way before and ends way after everyone with an obnoctiously loud clap or two or etc., I'm very good at it 😏
Which kind of a clapper are you in the audience?
1) Are you the kind hearted saint who starts clapping first, annoyingly before the act is over, and makes everyone else reluctantly clap as well, even though we were definitly not planning to clap.
2) Are you the "blend in" clapper, who only claps because everyone is doing it. You start way after eve ...[text shortened]... om a performance I didn't like. It had these three distinct types of clappers. Which are you?
16 Feb 09
Originally posted by thadeusmanI am #1, but only because it is usually necessary. My students are playing a couple of recital pieces and it is usually best to not clap until the second one is finished. The audience relies on me to know when it is alright to clap. But, I do tend to clap first when at a program that is not conducted by me. Some folks do not know when a composition is over. I always feel sorry for the person who claps after a first movement.
I'm the third who starts way before and ends way after everyone with an obnoctiously loud clap or two or etc., I'm very good at it 😏
16 Feb 09
Originally posted by coquette... if there's ever anything worth applauding 😲
Zen type. One hand only.
"What is the Sound of the Single Hand? When you clap together both hands a sharp sound is heard; when you raise the one hand there is neither sound nor smell. Is this the High Heaven of which Confucius speaks? Or is it the essentials of what Yamamba describes in these words: "The echo of the completely empty valley bears tidings heard from the soundless sound?" This is something that can by no means be heard with the ear. If conceptions and discriminations are not mixed within it and it is quite apart from seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, and if, while walking, standing, sitting, and reclining, you proceed straightforwardly without interruption in the study of this koan, you will suddenly pluck out the karmic root of birth and death and break down the cave of ignorance. Thus you will attain to a peace in which the phoenix has left the golden net and the crane has been set free of the basket. At this time the basis of mind, consciousness, and emotion is suddenly shattered; the realm of illusion with its endless sinking in the cycle of birth and death is overturned. The treasure accumulation of the Three Bodies and the Four Wisdoms is taken away, and the miraculous realms of the Six Supernatural Powers and Three Insights is transcended."
16 Feb 09
Originally posted by widgetYeah, what he said.
... if there's ever anything worth applauding 😲
"What is the Sound of the Single Hand? When you clap together both hands a sharp sound is heard; when you raise the one hand there is neither sound nor smell. Is this the High Heaven of which Confucius speaks? Or is it the essentials of what Yamamba describes in these words: "The echo of the completely empty ...[text shortened]... nd the miraculous realms of the Six Supernatural Powers and Three Insights is transcended."
16 Feb 09
Originally posted by coquette"The echo of the completely empty valley bears tidings heard from the soundless sound?" 😵
Yeah, what he said.
... the realm of illusion with its endless sinking in the cycle of birth and death is overturned."
Deaf people applaud by waving their hands in the air, as it has a greater visual impact than clapping the hands together. 😛
16 Feb 09
Originally posted by widgetIf a person claps in Japan, does it create a hurricane in Florida? 😵
... if there's ever anything worth applauding 😲
"What is the Sound of the Single Hand? When you clap together both hands a sharp sound is heard; when you raise the one hand there is neither sound nor smell. Is this the High Heaven of which Confucius speaks? Or is it the essentials of what Yamamba describes in these words: "The echo of the completely empty ...[text shortened]... nd the miraculous realms of the Six Supernatural Powers and Three Insights is transcended."
16 Feb 09
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Originally posted by PocketKings4. I clap between staves of Tcaikovsky Sixth. Beat that 😛
Which kind of a clapper are you in the audience?
1) Are you the kind hearted saint who starts clapping first, annoyingly before the act is over, and makes everyone else reluctantly clap as well, even though we were definitly not planning to clap.
2) Are you the "blend in" clapper, who only claps because everyone is doing it. You start way after eve ...[text shortened]... om a performance I didn't like. It had these three distinct types of clappers. Which are you?