Re: [microsound] Re: Expectation in music

[Øivind Idsø <ezueled@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dale Lloyd wrote:

> "mindfulness." You can respond to stimuli without thinking about it. You
> can do things without getting opinions or ego involved. It's actually
> very liberating. Cheers, Dale

Yes, I can clean my apartment without reflecting on it, thereby making it an
unconscious experience, but as Tolstoy has pointed out, this would make this
actual period of time a not-lived experience -- in other words, it's as if
you were dead or just an animal.

If you respond to "certain stimuli", such as listening to a piece of music,
without thinking about it (at some point or some level) -- are you really
experiencing the music at all? My answer would be No. It's like when a cat
walks through a room full of music -- it doesn't matter if it's there or not.
If your head doesn't process the info received, the experience remains
unlived. It's just something passing through your system, something that will
remains meaning-less. Meaning is everywhere whether you like it or not and
bypassing still remains a utopia, whether you're zen or not, I think.

/Øivind/