[azulum]

as a perfectionist, i can safely say that it is not based on logic. the rational mind cowers to the emotions behind perfectionism, and then explains it as if it were its idea. a logical person would know when to stop, when the law of diminishing returns is about to turn negative or shortly thereafter, a perfectionist such as myself will not bother to start because the law of diminishing returns is exists.

a purist, on the other hand, may be completely open to new ideas within the framework of bebop or within the framework of "real instruments"—even if it ends up sounding bad. a purist with taste i think would be able to marry nostalgia with the new that is good, a purist without taste probably just wants to be safe, or can't be bothered to listen closely enough to the music to find out if it is any good.

the fact is, the streams of missives from the guy may have been because he was a purist or it may have actually been pretty bad and his derision was from the angle of a purist.

even if everything about a man is known, his intentions are forever foreign to us. it's the problem with subjectivity.