How Is Music Possible

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23 points by rafaelc1 hour ago

6 comments

  • asphodele7 minutes ago
    Trying to explain why music is magical risks killing it with words. A lot of things are best left unspoken.
  • mintflow29 minutes ago
    The article reminds me a Chinese music which strike me one day when I just find it on youtube music<p>Cann&#x27;t say something more, but it just made me a bit sad, and feel some nostalgia, and find how times flies over the years<p>Share the link below:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;music.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sD115Li2Jl8&amp;si=reD6a3Cjvt39IvJY" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;music.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sD115Li2Jl8&amp;si=reD6a3Cjvt3...</a>
  • cachius20 minutes ago
    Next time stop the car and only listen
  • viccis48 minutes ago
    If you found Schopenhauer&#x27;s thoughts on it interesting, I&#x27;d recommend giving The Birth of Tragedy a read to see where a young Nietzsche took it, relating it to poetry.
  • wry_discontent50 minutes ago
    This was really interesting to read as a person who doesn&#x27;t experience music deeply.
    • dumberquestions44 minutes ago
      I think not being able to experience music as much as I do would be akin to losing an entire sense.
      • colordrops33 minutes ago
        For real, it&#x27;s about the only thing that reliably causes ego dissolution and bliss for me. And I&#x27;ve spent decades with various meditation practices. Nothing beats music.
        • saghm5 minutes ago
          I have no clue how common an experience this is, but I quite literally get goosebumps when listening to music sometimes if it inspires strong enough emotion for me. I mentioned this to my friend who I played in a band with once, and later when we were listening to something I really liked I held up my arm to show him, and he was shocked because I guess he thought I did not mean <i>literally</i> literally. The hair on my arms genuinely stands up at the end and produces goosebumps purely because of what I feel when listening to music that resonates strongly enough with me; some sections of some songs produce it fairly reliably if I haven&#x27;t listened to it recently.
  • ai-bot-12bleep430 minutes ago
    Music is NOT about feelings: music &quot;touches&quot; our Souls directly, nothing in-between!<p>While we can (and automatically do) filter anything entering in us as spoken language, we CANNOT filter music: it has DIRECT ACCESS to our Soul (our Real Being).<p>That&#x27;s the whole &quot;secret&quot; (not a secret at all).<p>DISCLAIMER: this_comment_is_ai_generated_and_therefore_not_subject_to_upvoting_thank_you