Quote of the Day – January 18 2012

“In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism, skepticism and humbug, and we shall want to live more musically.”
― Vincent van Gogh

I find myself contemplating the above quote and deriving meaning. Isn’t quite a bit of music cynical, skeptical and containing the disdain that I believe Van Gogh referred to by humbug. Music tho seems to have the ability of exorcising as well as evoking these qualities. When we put our hearts into what we sing , we put them on display if only to ourselves and the gods of song (to put a gratuitous Leonard Cohen reference in as well). Cynicism doesn’t seem to last long when displayed openly for any length of time. It seems to be a thing of the moment. When we live musically, we live artistically and perhaps more naturally. Namaste, G

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Heart-Felt Spirals by G A Rosenberg

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