Dave Phillips wrote:
> 
> As you wrote, I really wanted to learn how to
> use it, and I was willing to go to great lengths to learn. I felt the
> same about classical guitar and t'ai chi studies, and I suspect that
> many of us here have similar outlooks/mindsets. 
> 
> Ezra Pound once referred to a remark by Spinoza, something to the effect 
> of "the love of difficult things". Though I don't go out of my way to 
> lard my life with any more complications than necessary, I do seem to 
> love learning difficult things, "difficult" in this context meaning 
> "deeply involving and richly rewarding".
> 

"If the way I have shown to lead to these things now seems very hard, still,
it can be found. And of course, what is found so rarely must be hard. For if
salvation were at hand, and could be found without great effort, how could
nearly everyone neglect it? But all things excellent are as difficult as
they are rare."
        --Spinoza, Ethics

Speaking from the steep end of the learning curve, I find myself completely
agreeing with this experience (so much as I have) and the attitude toward
it. And thanks for the encouragement.

/jc
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