Ira wrote, quoting Adorno:
>"one must read Hegel by describing along with him the
> curves of his intellectual movement, by playing his ideas
>with a speculative ear as though they were musical notes."
>That "playing" firmly indicates to me learning an instrument
>(not just playing a CD) at least basically, to animate
>the words, their musical sense & acoustic.
Couldn't agree more, Ira
One of the great pleasures of playing music is getting a musical idea and
sharing it with others . Hearing the human voice working it out, breathing
and making the idea live - the grain of the voice building it, even
working against it - is inspiring - literally breathing into life a phrase
you only played in your room alone.
I enjoy writing songs and then making an instrumental version so that
other possibilities in the music become prominent. No words.
I enjoy mixing different versions and none is definitive.
I remember Ginsberg telling how he sometimes composed but wrote nothing
down and just let it go.
Performances of music are like that - enjoyed for the occasion - no interest
in keeping it beyond the moment.
Of course, getting these musical ideas involves going to concerts and
listening to as much music as possible, even playing stuff on CD.
I think I like reading David Antin's work because it captures a live feel -
even though it's edited. It's great to think that the next version will be
different.
John Cayley's _Reveal Code_ is fun in that way too - potentially, even the
Applescript could be altered. I've been changing my version for a few
months.
Animating the words, the music - that 's an excellent description Ira.
Stuart
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