This does not necessarily mean you will always be direct (though this is often the clearest path). Jazz means removing the barriers and making it accessible, helping people to get your point (your message, your story). If the intent is pure and the message clear then that is all you can do. By 'spirit of jazz' I mean the complete opposite of how people usually use the term jazz as in 'jazz it up' (that is, decorate it up). Yet, you can add the spirit of jazz to it in a presentation. Marsalis: Jazz adds the sticky-sweet to the dry facts of historyĭata itself is always dry without meaning. You can come up with all the synthesizers you want, it's still not going to be able to swing.This music celebrates human beings and *our* creativity.' Many times we use technological advances to stand in for *we* are more advanced. The technology of the soul has not changed for a long time.

'I don't think we should feel that because our tools have become more advanced, we are more advanced. PowerPoint, for example, has gotten better over the years but presentations with the software have largely not improved (though things are getting better.slowly).

Technology itself does not offer any panaceas. Wynton Marsalis reminds us that technology is great because it allows us to do some amazing things, including coming closer together. I discuss a few of Wynton's thoughts from the interview below. I recommend the book, but first I suggest you set some time aside to watch this interview with Wynton Marsalis and Geoffrey Ward below held at Google a few months ago. There are no words for the dynamic thrill of participating in a mutual mosaic of creativity.'Ībove: I found the book so relevant to my world that I could barely get through a page without underlining every other sentence. The energy is transformative in an individual who is innovative, but it is transcendent when manifested by a group. A palpable energy is released when inspiration and dedication come together in a creative art. 'Our desire to testify through some type of art is unstoppable.

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