Environments shape human action and interaction.
We respond to settings and the people we find in them in a variety of ways, with diverse behaviors that are reflections of personal character. It may or may not be within our control to be in certain places or circumstances, but our choices within them are indicators of whether or not we conform our wills to the reality of those scenarios. As Epictetus puts it, it is within our power to refrain or sustain.
Clearly, then, it is apparent that certain atmospheres are themselves possessed of degrees of character, as impressed upon them by humanity, and that others, though perceived through the filter of human consciousness. reveal a different order of existence.
It is the composer's sense of reality as well as self that inspires and shapes musical works.
We respond to settings and the people we find in them in a variety of ways, with diverse behaviors that are reflections of personal character. It may or may not be within our control to be in certain places or circumstances, but our choices within them are indicators of whether or not we conform our wills to the reality of those scenarios. As Epictetus puts it, it is within our power to refrain or sustain.
Clearly, then, it is apparent that certain atmospheres are themselves possessed of degrees of character, as impressed upon them by humanity, and that others, though perceived through the filter of human consciousness. reveal a different order of existence.
It is the composer's sense of reality as well as self that inspires and shapes musical works.
