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The Joy of Ideas I love ideas as well as continually trying to gain better understanding of what someone is communicating through their words, actions, art, music, movies, etc. I’ll give a couple simple examples. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, the poem by Dylan Thomas is one of the great Carpe Diem poems (seize the day), a theme which permeates literature. Of course, the Hilary Duff song I posted a couple days ago says essentially the same thing. Blowin In the Wind by Bob Dylan (his last name taken from his interest in Dylan Thomas) is a song planting the seeds for change in the 60s. The Shawshank Redemption is a story about the abuse of power motivating a need for change the title of which is from a painting of an old prisoner. TC Boyle’s short story Greasy Lake is multilayered but a powerful message from it is our attempt to escape from reality sometimes leads us to the deepest darkest truths of human nature. What are some of your favorite ideas from these media?  |
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Exactly kitty! I'll see what I can cook up! Carpe Chocolate!
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8/26/2007 1:56 pm |
I've sometimes found that my own ideas become clarified by solving problems which come up in musical composition. A subject which might be of interest to you I think? Kind of composition as exploratory philosophy, or understanding what I am communicating to myself perhaps. M.
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Thank you for your post and welcome to my blog Magick. The problem solving aspect of not only music composition but music performance as well has always been of great interest to me. It really is a form of exploratory philosophy and another path for coming to greater understanding. My piano instructor who I consider one of the greatest influences on my life told me early in my lessons with him, "You will learn a great deal about yourself through the study of the piano." I came to understand what he meant.
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