massimo pinca - double bass player

…Whether the enjoyment of play is an end in itself, or nature's reward for exercising the imagination, a question still arises: how to get acces to that sense of wonder whan a child's eagerness is no longer present, when one's standard demand something more carefully constructed and when there is no time to do it yourself? Hire a professional! Artists are subcontractors of the imagination, hired to produce access to a purposeful and adult version of the emotional pleasures of discovery, wonder, fear, and "make-believe" of all descriptions…

Scott Johnson, "Counterpoint of species", in "Arcana", edited by John Zorn, Granary Books/Hips Road 2000