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I love Watts, thank you for sharing
Can’t fault your philosophy
that art, and work, should be pleasure, is something quite important.
Recently I was involved in a dance project, but the main artist is so intellectual when dancing, and even more in the planning phase and choreography, it simply had become a chore to work with her. Even though she is brilliant in her art. Soon later I quit because I was unable (not allowed) to convince her that art without joy misses the point entirely. And won’t make her really successfull. Which is true - her films are mediocre. A talent wasted.
From the point of view of the creator or the consumer?
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well yes, I agree. The Mozart requiem is not composed for joy, neither for the performers nor for the audience. I have projected my personal view of how I want to work into the discussion.
I don’t get that about the Requiem. I’ve listened to it countless times and had the benefit of great pleasure every time. Joy is not an equivalent at all to happy. Joy can be profound and ecstatic.
I also don’t think the performers are having a bad time because it’s funeral music… unless they’re having a bad day. Bottom line, it’s a thing of beauty.
I posted this primarily because of Ali Akbar Khan saying what the importance of being present for each note as it happens means. Musicians need to know that and think about it, IMO.
well I also agree to that. Mozart’s requiem wasn’t a good example (it is indeed very beautiful, it’s one of my favourite melodies in my childhood).
Obviously I’m cought in this current matter of mine with this dancer. Yesterday her camera man finished the editing of her latest video, and today she is exhausted and super depressed. When I finish a piece of art I’m the exact contrary. Full of joy and energy.
No doubt, people work and feel not always the same. But being present in the moment of creativity is certainly a quality in art that applies to every artist, be it joyful or not so joyful.
Thank you gentlemen for your insights.
Alan Watts has got to be the greatest rapper of all time.
Yeah. Being present is being present in whatever state one is in. I’d go so far as to say that when being fully present/engaged one is kind of in a state outside of emotion.
To LL’s earlier point, I agree being fully present for every note is critical…it might be the key element that distinguishes the “great” from the “good”.