http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-aowxVXfI
He was either suicidal or a genius to compose this. Makes me want to cry and end it all.
It is funny how vibrating atoms have such a power over you. Don’t know if you can appreciate this, if you can’t understand the text.
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“He was either suicidal or a genius to compose this.”
Why not both?
I guess you’re right. Question is whether he was genius enough to see that our lives are pointless and worthless, or to see that there is something worth living for.
It can be both. ^^
Therein lies the paradox: generally speaking, in life, there are worthy reasons to live for. But not all worthy pursuits are possible or gainful for all people.
I think there’s an oft-overlooked, subtle, nuanced distinction, wherein people do realize “life is worth living,” but only if you can “truly live.” If you cannot “truly live,” then there is not much but suffering for the sake of survival for the sake of surviving just to suffer being unable to truly live. There’s a better way to say this, but my phrasing is not working out right now.
But can anyone who has never truly lived achieve this somehow? If Bach was actually suicidal he still kept writing music and found that to be a value in his life.
he is one of the greatest geniuses to ever have lived
there’s so much incredible music of his…listen to his ‘goldberg variations’ played by the pianist glenn gould (another genius, who as an adult apparently never practiced; he said he would just imagine how he should play the music)
Thanks for sharing this, it’s been a long time since i heard something from Bach (or any classic piece for that matter), had forgotten how good it is 🙂
“If there is anyone who owes everything to Bach, it is God.”
E. M. Cioran, All Gall Is Divided (1952)