Wonderful post again Chord!! Thanks for that. Kalyan K.
On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM, AJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Was wondering recently that if I wasn't so impressed and amazed with AR as > a person....his cool personality, humility, simplicity, compassion, > integrity, wit, etc. etc., would I still love his music as much as I do now? > But, then again, I further thought that perhaps without those exceptional > personal qualities, his music wouldn't be as pure, sincere, honest, potent, > and overall likeable as we hear it now. When I hear Rahman's music, I also > hear his personality, and all the good qualities I described above. Maybe > because I'm so intensely interested in his life, his career......so devoted > to him, that the man and music are one for me, not able to separate easily > as 2 distinct entities. But, I also feel very strongly that Rahman is > exceptionally talented in bringing the deep qualities of his inner self to > the fore through his music, which is why his music is so emotionally > concentrated and loved so widely. This is surely a type of emotional > intelligence. > > Surely, art.....and music being an art, is an expression of a person's most > inner world......the imagination, creativity......all of that comes from the > deepest of wells within an artist. When we see, feel, or hear an artistic > expression, we are bearing witness at some level to a person's core self > uninhibited by the masked persona that we all are so pressured to give out > to the public world due to our various roles in life. Artistic expression is > really the self in its pure, naked form, which surely invites some degree of > stark exposure and vulnerability at some level. > > On the flip side, when I hear music from a composer who I don't > particularly like as a person gathered from comments, interviews, remarks, > etc. (the likes of Anu Malik, Ismail Durbar, Nadeem Saifi, Jagjit Singh, > etc.).....you know......the arrogant, egotistical, loudmouthed, self > aggrandizing types, it is unfortunate for me that those undesirable personal > qualities do have an effect on to what extent I can truly enjoy their > musical expressions, despite my best attempts to attune to the benefit of > the doubt that these are not inherently "bad" people, and the fact that > their beautiful creations are a sure testament to qualities of goodness > contained. But, in the end, the taint is felt......something that I wish I > could be ignorant about on some level. Recent example, after hearing Jagjit > Singh's bitter tirade towards ARR's achievements, his ghazals simply did not > sound as sweet as they used to be for me. And again, I admit that as > something personal to me, not an objective stance. > > The package of AR Rahman binds so many shades and levels of him as a person > and his artistic intentions. I feel completely grateful, on this end of the > spectrum, to be able to be sensitive to this bound, all in one expression > that combines the person and the creation within its symbiotic shell. > > >
