The "title" text is from Kandinsky. I can't take credit for it. On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 3:24 PM Alan Sondheim <[email protected]> wrote:
> > listening and really like the music, I do think when you say " he will sit > > holding a book in front of his nose, and turn over the pages with a > > thoughtful aspect, but his actions have for him no real meaning." - that > this severely underestimates animal consciousness - > > Thanks for the music!, Alan > > > > > On Fri, 8 Jan 2016, Pall Thayer wrote: > > > > > The title of this song is: > > > > "Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the > mother of > > our emotions. It follows that each period of culture produces an art of > its > > own which can never be repeated. Efforts to revive the art-principles of > the > > past will at best produce an art that is still-born. It is impossible > for us > > to live and feel, as did the ancient Greeks. In the same way those who > > strive to follow the Greek methods in sculpture achieve only a > similarity of > > form, the work remaining soulless for all time. Such imitation is mere > > aping. Externally the monkey completely resembles a human being; he will > sit > > holding a book in front of his nose, and turn over the pages with a > > thoughtful aspect, but his actions have for him no real meaning." > > > > https://soundcloud.com/pall-thayer/jamsession-session > > > > -- > > P Thayer, Artist > > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > > > > > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > web http://www.alansondheim.org / cell 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tp.txt > == > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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