ON MUSIC-"THE COMPOSER-COME HELL OR HIGHWATER"

PEOPLE ARE ALLWAYS SURPRISED WHEN I TELL THEM THAT MUSIC IS THE HIGHEST
FORM OF ART.BUT AS AN ARTIST WHO ALSO IS A PAINTER,PHOTOGRAPHER,
FILMAKER,DIRECTOR,ACTOR,DANCER AND WRITER-I CAN TELL YOU WHY.
MUSIC IS COMPLETELY TEMPORAL.IT IS ALLWAYS JUST VIBRATIONS FLOATING IN SPACE{MUCH LIKE THE UNIVERSE ITSELF},ARRANGED BY OUR COMPLEX HUMAN MINDS TO EVOKE WHATEVER IT IS WE ARE FEELING,THINKING,OR EXPIERIENCING.
NO WONDER IT IS SO OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD !
THE CREATOR MAY HAVE HAD ONE THING IN MIND BUT THE LISTENER MAY HEAR ANOTHER.
IT IS ALSO THE ART THAT AROUSE'S THE MOST,MOST INTENSE, AND WIDEST VARIETY OF RESPONSE'S.AS THE LATE RICK NELSON SO ELOQUINTLY PUT IT-"YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE,SO YOU GOTTA PLEASE YOURSELF".
MANY OF THE WORLDS MOST ACCLAIMED MUSICAL WORKS OF GENUIS WERE
COMPLETELY REJECTED WHEN THEY WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC.THE MUSIC DIDN'T CHANGE BUT PEOPLES ATTITUDES DID !
SO THE COMPOSER HAS THE MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THE WORLD.TO EXCEL CREATIVLY;AND YET STILL SUFFER THE SLINGS AND ARROWS THAT WILL INEVITABLY BE THROWN THIER WAY.
NO OTHER ACT MODERN MAN CAN ACHIEVE IS SCRUTINIZED TO THE DEGREE
THAT THE WORK OF A MODERN COMPOSERS IS.IN REALIZING HIS SITUATION,THE
COMPOSER TOILS ON,ALONE,COME HELL OR HIGHWATER. P. HOLLY 6/5/2007
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