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No machine (or person) can replace the exercise of thinking for yourself. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

Whence cometh the experts expertise? They had to do the work to get there.

I can, and I do benefit from other people's skills and efforts. That is the content of society.

Our culture trains us to value only the output of our work and regard the process as nothing but liability—but for the results, an abject waste of time and resources. And so, the masters of our society attempt to eliminate every expenditure that does not yield an immediate return. So they extinguish the light of human culture, which is the expression of our creative activities.

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No machine (or person) can replace the exercise of thinking for yourself. (lemmy.world)
 

The activity of doing your own mental work is often the worthier part of any intellectual pursuit. It is in this process of doing that we develop our personal abilities and independent insights. For this, there is no possible replacement.

I love learning to play new songs. What starts as some dots on a page becomes a dance in my hands as the music comes to life. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Music as magic is a wonderful motif! I saw an image post circulate that suggested using photos of orchestra conductors as visual reference for drawing spellcasters. The image spoke for itself: the degree of focused intensity and direction in their posture fits the concept perfectly.

I never really felt like the "creative" type; that was always my dad and my brother. I've always been more interested in the "analytical" minded subject: mathematics, natural sciences, computer programming and logic.

Ironically, my journey in music really began after I chose to cut contact with my dad, arguably the biggest musical influence in my life beginning from early childhood. I take this as spiritual validation that I made the correct choice leaving behind his narcissistic bullying and abuse.

I love learning to play new songs. What starts as some dots on a page becomes a dance in my hands as the music comes to life. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I play a mandolin. It's neat that it is tuned the same as a violin, because that makes the very expansive repertoire music arranged for that instrument available to me as well. I've been learning mainly folk music, but I may dabble in classical more as I continue.

I love learning to play new songs. What starts as some dots on a page becomes a dance in my hands as the music comes to life. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I don't really mean dotted notes. I am referring to the entire score of music as "dots on a page" reductively by the noteheads. The dots don't do anything until I make them do something. I make the note longer when I hold it longer. The music doesn't come from the page nor the instrument, but from me.

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I love learning to play new songs. What starts as some dots on a page becomes a dance in my hands as the music comes to life. (lemmy.world)
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Few experiences are more gratifying then the moment when the song soars off the page and sticks firmly in my ear.

I'm a thirty-some year old beginner musician (playing for a little over a year). I wish I started playing much sooner, but I'm glad that I'm learning to play now. I've often heard that learning to play music is good for your brain. To me, this has become a self-evident truth. I swear that I can feel physical changes in my brain happening in real time. The best way I can describe it is the uncanny feeling of connecting cables—the snap as the connectors lock together—inside my head.

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