Sweetpea
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Posted: Oct. 05 2008, 01:40 |
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Quote (nightspore @ Oct. 04 2008, 02:27) | Sweetpea, are you associational with music? I find that I have to be careful not to play something I like in a situation I don't like, otherwise the music will become "tainted". Conversely, I tend to associate "Heaven's Open" with a very happy time, and consequently now, when I listen to it, I tend to feel somewhat saddened, as circumstances have changed somewhat. (This hearkens back to some of my meditations on another thread, when I was speculating about people's pain, and how the slightest thing might tip things for some people and cause them, say, to leave the forum.) |
At the moment, I don't recall any negative experiences that I associate with a specific piece of music. Unless it's Ommadawn, which I really got into around the time of a breakdown many years ago. But I associate the music with the positive feelings of release it gave me at the time. Even today, I'm strongly attached to that album, probably more on an emotional level than an intellectual one. I'm not sure if that's what you meant, though, nightspore? Your question brings up other lines of thought, though, such as how much suffering (or life experience) does one need to thoroughly appreciate art?
I didn't get around to responding to your comments about pain, in the other topic, but they reminded me that I share a similar philosophy (is that the right word?): that one doesn't know what pain another person may be living with. I try to keep that in mind, as well as Bill & Ted's "Be excellent to each other". Errr.. I suspect I may have totally embraced dork-dom, just now, by quoting Bill & Ted.
-------------- "I'm no physicist, but technically couldn't Mike both be with the horse and be flying through space at the same time? (On account of the earth's orbit around the Sun and all that). So it seems he never had to make the choice after all. I bet he's kicking himself now." - clotty
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