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A happy man, and a seeker
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David says he's done everything in life back to front. In the early 1960s nobody needed the renaissance approach, an expert in a variety of fields - only specialists were needed.
"It was awful, I really didn't fit in anywhere. Now I'm older, things are a bit different: I just don't bother about obstacles. I work in the places I do because people need my special style of working, which in its turn means that it's difficult to get work, and that's why I live in total insecurity the whole time.
"Because I earn very little, I think the most important things are those which are worth doing. Lots of people think of me as an unusually contented person, - I can do what I want. But actually I think everyone has this kind of possibility, if only they are ready to pay the price."
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David considers himself a seeker.
"I grew up in an atmosphere of conflict which was never resolved, and a lot of what I do is a reaction to that.
"Conflict has to be honoured - acknowledged and given its proper place; but then taken to its positive resolution. It's not healthy to run from a conflict. That just brings more problems afterwards.
"My activities in the field of music history are just a tool to find solutions. Like everyone else, I'm concerned with ways of finding peace - but peace in its deep meaning, not just the apparent absence of conflict.
"An inner peace comes when a person knows that her basic needs are met and honoured; from knowing that you have an important role to play in life's theatre: and that you're equipped to play that role with a secure mind.
"After a long period of turmoil, it seems that I've found at least enough peace to lead courses which help others in their search."
David likes to bake bread, look after goats, make cheese, shear sheep, spin, and work with wool. He has a farm in Northern Sweden, where he has done all that, and lots of people came to learn these traditional ways of working.
"We called it 'a glimpse of the old farming life' - it was a living museum. Very exciting, but very tiring. There were demands the whole time, and almost never any rest".
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