dep@allegra.UUCP (Dewayne E. Perry) (07/18/84)
and that summarises all the serious thought done this week. ---------------------bof response to f-------------------------------- Rich, you make some amazing inductions from my short note about the general desire for the inane. > Yes, snobbery rears its ugly head once again. Of course, all thinking > people know that the only serious music worth listening to is the > well-defined and culturally purified so-called classical music, ... Nothing was said about classical music being the only *serious* form of music. The implication is that the inane seems to be preferred over the serious, whatever form the serious might take. A serious effort on the part of a creator requires a serious effort on the part of the viewer/reader/listener - and that requires some mental effort. > [THIS MAY NOT APPLY TO ALL REAL LOVERS OF SO-CALLED CLASSICAL MUSIC, BUT IT'S > CERTAINLY WORTH POINTING OUT IN LIGHT OF allegra!dep's ENLIGHTENING COMMENTS > AS TO HIS EXPOSURE TO OTHER MUSICS.] Astounding! I do not recall *mentioning* anything about my preferences or exposure, though one might infer that I think that serious arts require more mental effort than the less serious. Beyond that your inference engine seems to make some awesome leaps from what is stated. ------------------------eof response to f------------------------------------ With respect to poseurs, they can hardly be classified with those who do not avoid the effort of thinking. Illusions provide comfort for those who assume them, but do not provide insight that a hard effort yields in response to a serious piece of music. Its what you do with it that counts - dep