Total conviction often rests upon ignorance. Superior knowledge often is insecure.
Knowledge and Conviction
One does not become a genius by copying a genius. One does not become an eccentric by copying an eccentric. (Perhaps it is a main characteristic of geniusses and eccentrics not to copy anyone.) On the other hand: Simply not to copy anyone does not yet make one a genius.
Geniuses, Eccentrics and Epigones
An attempt at zeroing in on the unanswered question: To experience together – to feel – to explore – to listen – to breathe – to live – to think Same direction without levelling On the emotional plain: to experience joy – to make the unbearable bearable – katharsis
"no doubt pleasant are the teares which Musicke weepes." (John Dowland)The question remains: Why can positive emotions be experienced immeadietly in music, but negative emotions are changed?