On Thu, 2013-02-14 at 10:58 +0000, James Harkins wrote: > Bach doesn't reach the heart? Are you mad? "Erbarme dich" from the St. Matthew's > Passion? "Things" are reaching the heart, that are close to own live experiences or close to a similar world view. You perhaps know more about Bach than I do ;), however http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach , he was had a sheltered, privileged life, something everybody should have, but the fewest have got that luck ;). He perhaps anyway likes the same flowers I like ;), but seemingly does share less of my world view. Without having knowledge of the biographies I noticed I like music, when my biography does share something with the composers biography, that has deep impact to my heart. I for example share something with Horowitz's psychopathology and his own compositions, or at least the way he's playing his ow compositions are close to my heart. There was a doko about Horowitz and he played some own compositions. Some people around him, I guess audio engineers, asked him what he was playing, because they didn't know this compositions. _I loudly replied to the television set_ "Can't you hear it? He's playing his own music!" Without knowing that it was his own music, without knowing that I share something of Horowitz's psychopathology. Horowitz replied _after_ I shouted to the television, that it's his own music, he not only is a pianist, but besides a musician. Our hearts are able to hear, if we really listen with our hearts. What is able to reach your heart and what not, has nothing to do with having a harder or less hard life, being a more or less ethical human please don't misinterpret it like this. It has to do with a balance of similarities and differences. It's not a topic about better or less good abilities, ethics etc.. You e.g. likely have a girlfriend that has some very special similarities and some very special differences to your biography, personality and for music it's the same. Hopefully music was your first love ;) and hopefully it will be your last ;). Regards, Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
