Post by murray on Nov 17, 2010 0:36:58 GMT -5
Totally unrelated rant, but this is the place, right? Sure, we're friends here; you can be tolerant of my foibles.
It pisses me off that apparently to the current youth culture there is no such thing as natural, non-drug-induced whimsy or creativity.
Anything that is remotely bizarre, whimsical, unique, unexpected, strange, erratic, unpredictable, volatile or simply beyond their comprehension is described as "trippy," or "the composer/author/filmmaker must have been high/drunk/on drugs." They say it in such a dismissive way,even if they purport to have liked it. Their manner cancels out any creativity, any sense of human invention, any legitimacy.
In a class this morning we listened to an incredible, bizarre, fascinating piece of music and the teacher asked for us to describe it. The first comment was "that guy must have been high."
Anything else you would like to add? "Yeah, that was trippy."
That's seriously all you have to say? That that piece was the result of being on drugs? Is your mind revolving so exclusively around the subject that is the only thing your stunted intellect can come up with? This is a composer in the late classical/early romantic era, and you are a bloody music major; you ought to know better than that.
I don't give a damn if you spend all your time sucking your life empty with chemical substances unless you hurt others. But is there no such thing as natural whimsy in this world anymore?
It especially saddens me because whimsy and that sense of eccentricity is one of the traits that appeals to me most, and I truly admire those who can harness it to create something extraordinary. It hurts me, like a physical blow, every time somebody dismisses something wonderful in that way.
Maybe I'm just a stick-in-the-mud or something, but it bothers me.
It pisses me off that apparently to the current youth culture there is no such thing as natural, non-drug-induced whimsy or creativity.
Anything that is remotely bizarre, whimsical, unique, unexpected, strange, erratic, unpredictable, volatile or simply beyond their comprehension is described as "trippy," or "the composer/author/filmmaker must have been high/drunk/on drugs." They say it in such a dismissive way,even if they purport to have liked it. Their manner cancels out any creativity, any sense of human invention, any legitimacy.
In a class this morning we listened to an incredible, bizarre, fascinating piece of music and the teacher asked for us to describe it. The first comment was "that guy must have been high."
Anything else you would like to add? "Yeah, that was trippy."
That's seriously all you have to say? That that piece was the result of being on drugs? Is your mind revolving so exclusively around the subject that is the only thing your stunted intellect can come up with? This is a composer in the late classical/early romantic era, and you are a bloody music major; you ought to know better than that.
I don't give a damn if you spend all your time sucking your life empty with chemical substances unless you hurt others. But is there no such thing as natural whimsy in this world anymore?
It especially saddens me because whimsy and that sense of eccentricity is one of the traits that appeals to me most, and I truly admire those who can harness it to create something extraordinary. It hurts me, like a physical blow, every time somebody dismisses something wonderful in that way.
Maybe I'm just a stick-in-the-mud or something, but it bothers me.
