(from 7.10.10)
I wonder what it'd be like to live on some other plane of existence, but I knew and remembered about my time here on this one. Maybe a universe where everybody's knees bent the other direction. Or music was a completely different entity -- or what if it didn't ever exist/wasn't invented? How much would that change an entire NATION/universe of people's lives? Holy SHIT. Expression would completely change. Art would change. What would their music sound like without the influence of previous artists? What would their very first song sound like? Could you teach them music without influencing them towards a certain style? How would they figure out rhythm or scales or tone or pitch or meter? Somebody would teach them, but what would it be like to watch that process unfold? Explaining something as common and diverse and complex as music to a person who has never heard it -- what would it be like? Or explaining any other idea/concept? It's wicked.
How would you describe feelings or emotions? Scientifically or artistically? I wouldn't be able to explain with words. I'd have to take what little talent I had and paint it. Or play a song. But not everyone has the same reaction to the same song.
I wonder if people, had they never heard of music, if they were wondering if they were missing out on something?
1 comment:
Reading this post, it really reminds me of Equilibrium. I remember watching that movie with you and when John got down on his knees during that scene, I asked you why he did that and you said, "This is the first time he's ever heard music." And I seriously still think of that scene almost every day. How sometimes we take music for granted because it's always been in our lives. So I always picture myself doing the same thing if I was all of a sudden introduced to music. I would get down on my knees and and just cry.
-Ness
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