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I remember my teacher. When I first started, my very first lesson,I was all prepared with sticks, ready to go.
我記得我的一位老師，當我開始學習音樂的時候，我最早的課程，我準備好了鼓棒，信心滿滿。
And instead of him saying, OK, Evelyn, please, feet slightly apart,arms at a more-or-less 90 degree angle, sticks in a more-or-less V shape,keep this amount of space here, etc.
然而，他卻說：“好的，Evelyn ，雙腳略微分開，雙臂大約成90度，保持鼓棒成大約v字形，保持這樣的空間，等等。
Please keep your back straight, etc., etc., etc.
把背挺直，等等等等。
where I was probably just going to end up absolutely rigid, frozen,and I would not be able to strike the drum,because I was thinking of so many other things-he said,Evelyn, take this drum away for seven days, and I'll see you next week.
當時，最后我變得很僵硬，像被凍住了一樣，我也很可能不能學會敲鼓，因為我一直在想著其他的事情，他對我說：Evelyn，把這個鼓帶回去七天，我下周再來看你。
So, heavens! What was I to do? I no longer required the sticks;I wasn't allowed to have these sticks.
我的天哪！我該怎么做呢？我不能再要拿鼓棒了，老師不允許我用這些鼓棒了。
I had to basically look at this particular drum,see how it was made, what these little lugs did, what the snares did.
我只能看著這個鼓，研究一下它是怎么做成的，小把手是做什么用的，響弦有是干什么的。
Turned it upside down, experimented with the shell, experimented with the head.
把它翻過來，試試它的外殼，它的鼓面。
Experimented with my body, experimented with jewelry,experimented with all sorts of things.
用我的身體嘗試敲打他，用我的配飾，用一切可以用的東西嘗試。
And of course, I returned with all sorts of bruises and things like that,but nevertheless, it was such an unbelievable experience,because then, where on Earth are you going to experience that in a piece of music?
當然，結果是歸還的時候，我傷痕累累，不過，這是一次非常特別的經歷，因為那段經歷，在一段音樂中，究竟在哪里你能有那樣的感受呢？
Where on Earth are you going to experience that in a study book?
在一本教科書中，究竟在哪里你能有那樣的感受呢？
So we never, ever dealt with actual study books.
因此，我們從來沒有真正地在研究教科書上的東西。
