Saturday, July 29, 2017

What Anne Frank Would Be Listening To

Finally - the long promised short blog post.  The reason?   My daughter has a classmate sleeping over who brought her laptop to play Minecraft. For once they're letting my son play too, so I've had to sacrifice access to all the computers. I'm holed up in my room, recognizing once again I was born much too late to be capable of typing deathless prose on a phone with my thumbs.  Even on an iPhone 7 Plus.  So this is what you get today.

I did have my trusted KING FM Seattle Symphony app and a good book, and a chance to text with another stoic ex Mormon about the irresistible cruelty of hope and meaning.  As I listened to the  great classical music streaming, I caught myself loving best whatever I heard last.  That's another major logical fallacy you know.

Romantic music is best because it's so Passionate.  Not just Wagner and ballet scores.  That piano stuff....

Classical period is best because it's so Triumphant.  And they're such unrivaled geniuses....

Eventually however I come back to Baroque.  Home to Bach.  If you are not yet convinced there is meaning in the universe to be found or created (and does it really matter which?), come sit with with me on a lovely happy summer evening and listen to another Brandenberg concerto....







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