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music learning journal
推薦三本喜歡並被觸動過的關於藝術的好書
what is art 什麽是藝術 by Tolstoy
薄薄一本書，他寫了二十年之久，修改無數次
音樂藝術：music and imagination - by Aaron copland (a modern composer)
音樂與想象力
繪畫藝術 ：Art spirit - by Robert Henri
（藝術精神）
Extract from What's art:
Destiny of art in our time is to transmit from the realm of reason to the realm of feeling the truth that well-being for men consists in being united together , and to set up in place of existing reign of force that kingkdom of God, ie, of love, which we all recognize to be the highest aim of human life. … the task for Christian art is to establish brotherly union among men.
The task of art to accomplish is to make that feeling of brotherhood and love of one’s neighbor, …and universal art by uniting the most different people in one common feeling, by destroying separation, will educate people to union, will show them not by reason but by life itself, the joy of universal union reaching beyond the bounds set by life
Music and imagination:
The sense of musical delight, with the power of producing it, is a gift of imagination. An imaginative mind is essential in creation of art in any medium, but it is even more essential in music precisely because music provides the broadest possible vista for the imagination since it is the freest, the most abstract the least fettered of all the arts.
Art spirit :
There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such as are the moments of our greatest wisdom. If one could but recall his vision by some of sort of sign. It was in this hope that the arts were invented. Sign-posts on the way to what may be. Sign-posts toward greater knowledge.
My own reflection on what is art : 我的定義，高度概括
Language art : a logical and reflective moment on painful and happy past experience(s) , see oneself from God's eyes.
Music : to live another (or many) unlived/imagined life, to get in touch the feeling of a real human being, to breath fresh air outside the business machines we all live in today. Music lies in the intersection of art and science, a beautiful mystery that gives meaning to our daily living.
Visual Art : to mimic and exercise God's given creative power to create new being and things
After all, art is as abstract as concept of love , hard to define but we know it is there and it is one of the human dimension, when we appreciate an art work, we truly feel grateful to be alive
英文表達快, 有時間再翻成中文
下麵debussy 的曲子是家裏小朋友彈的
https://bbs.wenxuecity.com/music-classic/724632.html
西方哲學家克爾凱郭爾說：“音樂是最具感觀和最性靈的藝術。我們生活的進程，是一個收攏靈魂的過程，因為在創世紀那天我們的靈魂散落於各處。而音樂可以幫我們辨別並收集遺忘的、失落的，或我們所不了解的自我。世上有兩種力量——愛與音樂——愛不能使我們認識音樂，但音樂卻能讓我們更理解愛，讓我們的靈魂與之共舞。”