Protect This
I went to a concert last night - it was pretty good, you know.
The last time I was in that hall it was to hear Maxim Vengerov playing Paganini's violin.
I was thinking about the sound of different violins, expensive ones and normal ones (which are still expensive). A quick footnote about the miserable scratchy sound of contemporary music violins (often, not always) which may be due to the playing or may be due to the financial potency of said violinists. I remembered the sound of the Paganini violin. What would Paganini have sounded like? This violin is part of what we have left of his playing...This violin! Then I imagined Vengerov pretending to break the violin for a joke and then bringin on the real one. I know, it's unlikely, but my brain thinks about a lot of things many of which may be even more unlikely. Genius answers come from considering the unlikely and the impossible - that's why we have to entertain unlikely thoughts. Because the ideal solution to a problem may be impossible and unthinkeble at this moment. Probably that is why it is a problem.
The next thing I thought was what if he really smashed the violin? But, you see, that is not possible because music is creative, not destructive. When there is a war we can go to a concert and be healed a little bit. Even if the music is not too good, or the playing indifferent, it is still music. There is still a special feeling of learning about something bigger than each one of us, something that involves all of us, and stops us from hurting people. A little bit.
I prefer concerts that don't take place during wars, though.
OK? Remember that - no wars please!
The last time I was in that hall it was to hear Maxim Vengerov playing Paganini's violin.
I was thinking about the sound of different violins, expensive ones and normal ones (which are still expensive). A quick footnote about the miserable scratchy sound of contemporary music violins (often, not always) which may be due to the playing or may be due to the financial potency of said violinists. I remembered the sound of the Paganini violin. What would Paganini have sounded like? This violin is part of what we have left of his playing...This violin! Then I imagined Vengerov pretending to break the violin for a joke and then bringin on the real one. I know, it's unlikely, but my brain thinks about a lot of things many of which may be even more unlikely. Genius answers come from considering the unlikely and the impossible - that's why we have to entertain unlikely thoughts. Because the ideal solution to a problem may be impossible and unthinkeble at this moment. Probably that is why it is a problem.
The next thing I thought was what if he really smashed the violin? But, you see, that is not possible because music is creative, not destructive. When there is a war we can go to a concert and be healed a little bit. Even if the music is not too good, or the playing indifferent, it is still music. There is still a special feeling of learning about something bigger than each one of us, something that involves all of us, and stops us from hurting people. A little bit.
I prefer concerts that don't take place during wars, though.
OK? Remember that - no wars please!
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