| | Gregg Echols, The Archaic Man and Depth Psychology |
 | | To watch Stanley Jordan delicately pluck and strum his guitar and hear the piano-like sounds coming from his instrument—yes, an unusual sound of music originating from a guitar—this was amazingly emotional and warm; a sensation almost like a glove that fits snuggly on one’s hand. |
 | | Jordan’s strumming of his electric guitar gives me a peak into what Hillman calls “that sense of taste in relation with things, that thrill or pain, disgust or expansion of breast, those primordial aesthetic reactions of the heart which are soul itself speaking” (p. |
 | | Stanley Jordan has done this with his music in such a way that the audience, too, becomes a part of his composition and performance—much like the construction workers becoming a part of the building designed by an architect. |
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