May 8, 2020"To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist." Robert SchumannThis is a noble calling but what about those of us who aren’t artists? Our responsibility is to let the light of art into the dark recesses of our hearts. Our responsibility is to cultivate ourselves in order to receive the light.How is tha…

Daily High Culture 15May 7, 2020"Either define the moment or the moment will define you." Walt WhitmanHere’s an easy one, to understand. Define the moment or the moment will define you is the very definition of taking control of our lives. How many times have we heard someone say, “I need to take control of my life,”? It sounds obvious. What isn’t …

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words—because it is infinite.Richard WagnerGreat music will forever speak to our hearts for this very reason. I have done a lot of talking and writing about music, having written at least 1,000 articles over the past 10 years. I’m doing even more talking about it now in …

Daily High Culture 13“He heard the choir of voices in the kitchen echoed and multiplied through an endless reverberation of the choirs of endless generations of children and heard in all the echoes an echo also of the recurring note of weariness and pain. All seemed weary of life even before entering upon it. And he remembered that Newman had heard…

“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.” Marc ChagallMarc Chagall was one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. What he has defined for us here is the concept of “feeling it” versus “thinking it.” Usually what we think is a good idea for a creative endeavor ends up falling apart or coming off a…

Daily High Culture 11Wagner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axOJPgRrQ4EYou only know me as you see me, not as I actually am.” Immanuel KantThis is one of the fundamental truths of life. For better or worse, no one knows us as we actually are. We are only known to others based on their perceptions and their filters.At first blush, this might feel l…

Daily High Culture #10“The real question of life after death isn't whether or not it exists, but even if it does what problem this really solves.” Ludwig WittgensteinHere we go. Wittgenstein was a king. He always wanted us to stop asking questions to which we could never know the answer. This quote is atypical of his philosophy.Let’s say life after…

“I don't like work... but I like what is in work - the chance to find yourself. Your own reality - for yourself, not for others - which no other person can ever know.” Joseph ConradI must agree with Joseph Conrad, the author of Heart of Darkness, on this one. I don’t like work either, except for its benefits. I’d never considered work from this per…

“We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.” Somerset MaughamThis quote is packed with emotion as soon as we stop and consider how this phenomenon has played out in our own lives.I don’t agree that “It is a happy chance...to continue to love a change…

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A great conversation with Stefan Jackiw before his upcoming performances of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony.بقلم Classical Rebellion