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Re: [microsound] the fragility of Utopianism, Purity and Minimalism



on 1/19/02 2:52 PM, cecil touchon at touchon@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> But I think that the real fragility does not lay with the Minimalist work
> but with the viewing public. I always felt that the minimalist works were
> really about achieving a quiet mind and without that quiet mind, which the
> minimalist work is intended to inspire, then it is not possible to
> appreciate the work. The whole idea is to come to a point of highly
> conscious receptivity. to be able to follow very subtle lines of thought and
> perceive very subtle sensations which require, as a prerequisite, inner
> quietude. This is where the fragility rests.


     I found your remarks quite inspiring and I've thought such things too.
I wonder how often music reviewers, label owners are in this state of inner
quietude. What can one accomplish to help the situation?



                                  Bill