I haven’t read all of these yet because I ran out of time, but I just wanted to share a link as a response to the two notes that stood out to me most (or resonated most) so far… the two that touch on the source of inspiration for art… and I guess even the first note relates as well. Since it’s music-related, I thought you would appreciate it.
I’ll share the link below. But I’m also including the caption to the instagram post I saw last night (from my favorite choral ensemble):
“Is divine inspiration real? According to legend, Gregorian chants are attributed to Pope Gregory | (590-604), who received the melodies from divine inspiration.”
I never knew that. But I love knowing it now. And at about 35 seconds in, when that dissonant chord moves into the most beautiful chord resolution, I can believe this music was divinely inspired!!
Thank you for sharing all of these notes. Diverse in their nature, they interesting as a whole, but each individually as well.
Listening to that brief recording will no doubt represent one of the aesthetic high points of my day. So beautiful. Mesmerizingly so, as Gregorian chant tends to be. And all the more interesting, of course, with the info about Pope Gregory I briefly noted. Thank you, Georgia.
I'm glad this notes format for TLD posts appeals to you.
Yesterday my browser would not open this post, but today I read most of this and will be back to finish. I hope you will continue this smorgasbord of quotes and thoughts.
I’m glad it appeals! I do plan to continue publishing such posts. I enjoy reading this kind of curated roundup from other writers, so I’m happy to provide it for TLD readers.
This is great, Matt. It's going to take a few days to go through. The authors so familiar, yet the quotes that stood out for you, with brief commentary at times, bringing a fresh perspective: As if reading again and yet for the very first time. Thank you!
I would like to share with all of you these lines extracted from Spanish poet/philosopher Maria Zambrano’s essay entitled “Claros del bosque” (Clearings of the Forest, 1977), I think the metaphor of the clearings in the forests speaks of the nonlocality of the exiled existence (I mean 'exile' both in literal and metaphorical sense, for she was forced into exile after the Spanish Civil War for more than 40 years in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States).
(My translation): "The clearing of the forest is a place where it is not always possible to enter; It is another kingdom that a soul inhabits and keeps. It is the immediate lesson of the clearings of the forest: you do not have to look for them, nor look for anything from them. An instantaneous lucidity beyond consciousness which floods it. We go through the clearings of the forest like we have gone through the classrooms. Like the clearings, the classrooms are also empty places, places of the voice where you will learn by hearing. The wound that all this inflicts upon us remains in the forest’s opening. As well as silence."
I haven’t read all of these yet because I ran out of time, but I just wanted to share a link as a response to the two notes that stood out to me most (or resonated most) so far… the two that touch on the source of inspiration for art… and I guess even the first note relates as well. Since it’s music-related, I thought you would appreciate it.
I’ll share the link below. But I’m also including the caption to the instagram post I saw last night (from my favorite choral ensemble):
“Is divine inspiration real? According to legend, Gregorian chants are attributed to Pope Gregory | (590-604), who received the melodies from divine inspiration.”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTbKr1vD-n3/?igsh=aGNuOXE2dDIxenVv
I never knew that. But I love knowing it now. And at about 35 seconds in, when that dissonant chord moves into the most beautiful chord resolution, I can believe this music was divinely inspired!!
Thank you for sharing all of these notes. Diverse in their nature, they interesting as a whole, but each individually as well.
Listening to that brief recording will no doubt represent one of the aesthetic high points of my day. So beautiful. Mesmerizingly so, as Gregorian chant tends to be. And all the more interesting, of course, with the info about Pope Gregory I briefly noted. Thank you, Georgia.
I'm glad this notes format for TLD posts appeals to you.
Yesterday my browser would not open this post, but today I read most of this and will be back to finish. I hope you will continue this smorgasbord of quotes and thoughts.
I’m glad it appeals! I do plan to continue publishing such posts. I enjoy reading this kind of curated roundup from other writers, so I’m happy to provide it for TLD readers.
This is great, Matt. It's going to take a few days to go through. The authors so familiar, yet the quotes that stood out for you, with brief commentary at times, bringing a fresh perspective: As if reading again and yet for the very first time. Thank you!
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I would like to share with all of you these lines extracted from Spanish poet/philosopher Maria Zambrano’s essay entitled “Claros del bosque” (Clearings of the Forest, 1977), I think the metaphor of the clearings in the forests speaks of the nonlocality of the exiled existence (I mean 'exile' both in literal and metaphorical sense, for she was forced into exile after the Spanish Civil War for more than 40 years in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States).
(My translation): "The clearing of the forest is a place where it is not always possible to enter; It is another kingdom that a soul inhabits and keeps. It is the immediate lesson of the clearings of the forest: you do not have to look for them, nor look for anything from them. An instantaneous lucidity beyond consciousness which floods it. We go through the clearings of the forest like we have gone through the classrooms. Like the clearings, the classrooms are also empty places, places of the voice where you will learn by hearing. The wound that all this inflicts upon us remains in the forest’s opening. As well as silence."