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On Wed, 4 Apr 2007 14:28:42 -0400

"Ivica Ico Bukvic"  wrote:
> > > pattern with cognition. But even if we consider cognition as a point of

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> > > contention, the machinery has a purpose and a role and as such its

> > > manifestation is not meaningless at all.

> >

> > It is different because a human being is listening to the drumming and

> > choosing what sounds pleasing and what does not.  A single rhythmic

>

> This is all about psychoacoustics. What is pleasing/musical to me may not be

> to you and vice-versa.

Surely this sentence is the beginning and the end of the entire matter.
I never attempt to analyse the music I enjoy, nor that which I compose

myself. My experience is that the closer you try to examine something

that moves you, the further away you get from it.
I take the same attitude with all creative activities such as art,

dance, prose & poetry. If I like it, then that's good. If I don't, well

I know what not to see/hear.
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Will J G