You're right, it's more than opinion, o'mind; i guess its just not a universal priority.
On Aug 4, 7:00 pm, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, in ‘my day’, everyone learned music, art etc. And, paradox, it is > more than opinion that the arts are of great value when it comes to > IQ, productivity and many other benchmarks. The web is full of such > studies. > > Here is where the actual crime against us all is found in defunding > public education. This was not an accident either…starting with > Reagan. Of course, if one actually is amongst the elite, it is quite > easy to blame the victims and suggest that they ‘eat cake’ and need to > ask for less and give public money to privatization. > > On Aug 4, 8:21 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Yeah, quite right Rigsy; as with all art forms, it's what we make it. > > Funny image of Strauss there; i imagine him, head buried in his > > manuscripts, wife berating him for paying her as little attention as > > he possibly can, the poor chap thinking..."well, someone's gonna have > > to pay for this assault! Dont know why i pay the damn orchestra > > anything, they cant play 5 beats on a drum!" Lol. > > > I know, i feel the same as you on public funding for the musical arts; > > i think the liberating effects of (much) music on cognitive > > development is still too poorly understood and undervalued; i do know > > that i'm quite biased in that view though. > > > On Aug 4, 1:25 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Music is also a political, military, cultural tool. Richard Strauss is > > > fantastic but associated with Nazis, henpecked by his wife and stingy > > > with his orchestra- even cheating them. The eye and ear directly > > > affect the brain in proportion to sensitivity or understanding so some > > > seem immune to the effects which are tuned out. It is a shame that > > > public education has cut music and art from the curriculum. > > > > On Jun 29, 11:32 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Today, i found myself completely lost in the magical wonderland of > > > > Patrick Doyle's "My Fathers Favourite"; it is a breathtakingly > > > > beautiful place indeed. Which got me thinking...what is it about > > > > certain pieces of music that invoke in us an overwhelming emotional > > > > landscape?- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
