Robert Fripp's Diary

Apartment Quite Acceptable Av Belgrano

09.47

Apartment Quite Acceptable, Av. Belgrano, Buenos Aires.

Morning view I…

II…

E-flurrying.

An e-correspondent has written in respect of professional dealings which parallel my own with Endless Grief. What attitude to hold in front of this?

the key injunction is:

turn a seeming disadvantage to our advantage;

the greater the seeming disadvantage, the greater the possible advantage.

so, how do we accomplish this? clearly, the action takes place on a number of levels.

there is the practical, professional level. on this level, fundamentally, we’re fucked. it’s not possible to out-monster a monster. but, there remain challenges…

for a man with an aim, as it were, this is only the friction that generates the heat. if we aspire to being a Christian, are we able to honour the injunctions to love & forgive our enemies?

if we are on a bono fide path, it is said that we are presented with the level of challenge that we need, relative to our own particular station. so, we accept what is, on a professional level, a bad piece of shit, on another level as being a gift: an opportunity to refine our practice.

but, this is not a pretend challenge: this is real stuff. we can lose our homes, our careers, our health - we can get knocked off the ladder. there are no guarantees of a happy outcome.

And a personal report to a GC Special Study Group…

two recent interesting arisings:

as part of my practice, i listen to what fripp is saying. mostly, it’s rubbish. occasionally, something else pops out: robert is speaking, as it were. on these two occasions i was surprised to hear uncharacteristic (i hope) remarks being made.

the first surprised me, and upset me. the second did as well.

so, because part of us is sufficiently free to monitor the action, it doesn’t imply that we are able to direct the action.

10.24 Lobby call for the studio.

14.31  On the street, left…

Right…

Arriving at TNT, Barbara’s Buffet & Coffee Facilities…

An empty studio…

… for an hour’s programming before full rehearsal at 12.00.

Hernan presented a report of this (early) morning’s radio programme to which Hernan was accompanied by half a dozen of The League. All seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and spoke highly of the show & its presenter.

Then, Kabusacki + Friends starring Kabusacki went to work I…

II…

A hard morning for me: equipment re-calibrations ongoing & more needed.

The League continue this afternoon. For me, back to the apartment…

17.34  An afternoon practising.

19.07  A natter around the table with Hernan, Martin, Mariana & Marcello, discussing our proposed creation of the Guitar Craft Institute of Research & Practice as a not-for-profit venture; the Red Lion House; looking at details of 2 properties in the Bredonborough area (neither are ideal, but are indicative); tithing. Three people have now formally committed to tithing. If there is not a sufficient valuing of & commitment to GC, we can all have easier lives.

20.44  Read the first two chapters of Beelzebub in its 1925 first draft format.

Now, some more practising.

22.38  Done for this evening.