The Challenge of "Culture"

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Think of how much less music would be in each of our lives if our experiences of live music were our only experiences of music. How much richer are our lives than those of our ancestors now that music is transferable, portable, everywhere, and at our fingertips!?!

I was thinking this the other day as I was enjoying my iPod on the Metro. But I also thought that with all this musical technology few of us ever make our own music anymore. Not that I ever sang or played an instrument - but now I don't have to and another creative outlet is now closed (or at least limited) for me and those like me

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I think one of the reasons I prefer music over visual arts is that music can be heard everywhere and anywhere. I do not need to go to a gallery or a museum to experience music.

I guess I take the John Cage approach to music and apply it to the visula world as well - that is, the music is all around you - as is the art. Sure you can go to a concert or a gallery, but the world is full of stunning sounds and images. Now that I ride the Metro, I've become more and more inlove with the architecture of this town, and the fashions of it's inhabitants.

This morning I got a kick seeing how people subtly and not-so-subtly aknowledged the occasion of valentires day. The best, a gall in pink and red striped stockings in otherwise well tailored conservative, though hip skirt suit - we traded smiles passing ewach other in the corridors. To be sure it's not the same as viewing a Kandinsky, but the sense of wit, humor, and celebration were conveyed just the same.