I went to the movie theatre yesterday to see "Lucy". Without really dwelling on the plot and "deep"agenda of the movie, I have to admit it did post one question for me. Is one of the reason  I create - is because I feel TIME ?

Today :) I read an article about an amazing composer Aaron Copland and was so relieved to finally have the chaos of my words and thoughts expressed so clearly.

P.S. I put :) to emphasize a curious thing. You should just ask a question and learning process will start.

 

"[Today's artists] are the only ones who can express the spirit of what it means to be alive today.

That’s what makes the creation of art seem important. You’re not just expressing your own individuality. You, as a person, are an exemplar; you are one of the people living now who can put this thing down. In another twenty years … the world experience will be different, so the need becomes very pressing. You have a sense of urgency, of being occupied with something essential and unique. To leave our mark of the present on the future — what could be more natural?

The arts in general, I think, help to give significance to life. That’s one of their very basic and important functions. The arts soften man’s mortality and make more acceptable the whole life experience. It isn’t that you think your music will last forever, because nobody knows what’s going to last forever. But, you do know, in the history of the arts, that there have been certain works which have symbolized whole periods and the deepest feelings of mankind, and it’s that aspect of artistic creation which draws one on always, and makes it seem so very significant. i don’t think about this when I write my music, of course, but I think about it after the act, and believe it to be the moving force behind the need to be creative in the arts."

Bravo!!