Hello John Why be "hip" when you could be normal?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Happy-When-Could-Normal/dp/009955609X Take care Jan Anders 12 jan 2013 kl. 17.01 skrev T-REXX Techs, Inc.: > The cathedral choir to which I belong has begun rehearsing a major work for > a Lenten concert in March. It's the oratorio The Crucifixion, by Sir John > Stainer. Stainer lived from 1840 to 1901 in Victorian England, where he > composed The Crucifixion in 1887. The music is definitively characteristic > of late Romantic English music in being expressive and emotionally evocative > to the point of being judged "schmaltzy" by today's standards of musical > taste. > > But I love this music! Of course it's "schmaltzy"; so what? > What's wrong with "schmaltzy"?? (Yes, I also love Hallmark Christmas > movies, and I cry at chick flicks, and I write sentimental nostalgic poetry. > OK. Satisfied?) Why is it considered not quite "hip" to feel things deeply > and to enjoy experiences that are sweet and good and beautiful and to > respond to them with appropriate emotion? > > It seems to me that music and art of this period evokes > memories of simpler times, when humble and sincere piety was not culturally > unfashionable. Why does contemporary culture regard such patterns of > quality with a certain smug disdain? I really want to know. > > But should it be that I must choose to be "hip" or to continue > to feel deeply and passionately, "hip" can go hang! :-) > > Kind regards to all, > > > > > > John L. McConnell > > Office: 407-859-2637 > > Cell: 321-438-6301 > > Home: 407-857-2004 > > Email: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
