As a musician, I often forget the importance of silence. When I’m looking at an original piece of music and wondering how it turned to mush, it’s usually because I’ve tried to say too much or filled the speakers with too many ideas, allowing no space for breath.
Mozart said, “The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.” How completely true for music, as well as for life.
Yesterday, I went to the beach with a friend from NYC. It was way too cold for any native Los Angelean to be there and probably too cloudy to get that tan that I wanted. But when we got there, I was reminded how close peace can be to chaos. The beauty of the ocean, next to the hustle of Hollywood. Silence returned. Last night, I dreamt of nothing. I woke this morning, thinking of nothing. And now I’ll go to my music and breathe nothingness into it; erasing, deleting, withdrawing.
Another great Mozart quote: “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.”
Mozart said, “The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.” How completely true for music, as well as for life.
Yesterday, I went to the beach with a friend from NYC. It was way too cold for any native Los Angelean to be there and probably too cloudy to get that tan that I wanted. But when we got there, I was reminded how close peace can be to chaos. The beauty of the ocean, next to the hustle of Hollywood. Silence returned. Last night, I dreamt of nothing. I woke this morning, thinking of nothing. And now I’ll go to my music and breathe nothingness into it; erasing, deleting, withdrawing.
Another great Mozart quote: “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.”
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