Re: Кто управляет автобусом  ↑

Ага. А еще раньше был в группе барабанщиком.

И со слов Макклендона, уже после встречи с Эриксоном, но еще до СМ1, Ричард с Джоном джэмили/играли вместе:

I went to visit them at Acorn Hollow with a question involving my ability
to see clearly once again without the need of corrective lenses and I also
wanted to understand more about therapeutic metaphor. At this time
John was visiting Richard and they were having a guitar session
together.
Richard plays the drums, jazz guitar and piano and has a satisfactory jazz
voice. John was relatively new in the music scene. His appreciation of
music was very high, though his skill level on instruments had not been
fully realized at this time. With his brilliant modelling skills he was able to
learn to play the bass guitar from Richard very quickly.

<...>
I temporarily interrupted their practice session. John taught me how to
use hypnosis to solve my problem about seeing and at the same time
and in the same trance, I learned how to construct a therapeutic
metaphor.
During the period of time that I was practicing my hypnosis techniques
in trance, John and Richard continued to play their raucous music,
jamming away oblivious to what I was doing. I guess they weren't going
to let me spoil their fun. It was these kinds of experiences that made the
novice appreciate the subtlety and skill level that they achieved when they
were able to carry on multiple tasks at one time.

Terrence L. McClendon. NLP: The Wild Days 1972-1981. pp. 65-66

Да уж - чем только Джон Г. ни занимался, на какие горы ни лазил, на каких самолетах ни летал, с какими только музыкантами ни музицировал - от музыкантов гамелана на Бали, до проффи африканской музыки и танца в собственных тренинговых программах.

Не "но", а "и"... Джон всегда был склонен так присоединяться к другим людям - имитировать их деятельность. Поэтому, почему бы ему и не помузицировать с Ричардом?

А с другой стороны - м.б. это Ричард ему пытался показать истоки своего моделирования.