On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 10:33:00AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Fons Adriaensen<fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > He's not saying that musical creation should be restricted to a > > small number of predetermined people. But de facto, like all > > artistic endeavour, it is a minority activity, We may all be > > potential great composers or artists, but most of us do not > > exploit that potential, just look around. Maybe 10% of the > > population is capable of producing anything that would be > > regarded by the remaining 90% as music they'd want to listen to. > > Less than 1% could do something that would survive a generation > > and become part of music history, > > Although I don't disagree with anything you've written here Fons, I > feel compelled to note that there is a purpose to artistic creation > that has nothing to do with creation "for others". When we encourage > children to paint or make music, we are not doing so because we > believe that their work will have meaning for others or illuminate > some aspect of the human condition. At least, that wasn't why I > encouraged my daughter to do so, and its not why I encourage her now > with her cello playing. I couldn't agree more - the educational and self-development value of making music (or doing other arts) is beyond question. And it can also be very enjoyable and something you share with others. Ciao, -- FA Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
