Absent reason and virtue, there is clamor.
In the rise and fall of things, storms subside and reality returns to its natural state. Upon reflection, listener and composer discern between conditions that are auspicious and those that foreshadow weakness, collapse, and loss.
Every creative work is a contribution to culture. Within the culture the work is embraced or rejected, yet the artist must be indifferent to this. Advancement or decline will proceed in either case. What is of moment is expression and perspective, from which the future will spring.
In the rise and fall of things, storms subside and reality returns to its natural state. Upon reflection, listener and composer discern between conditions that are auspicious and those that foreshadow weakness, collapse, and loss.
Every creative work is a contribution to culture. Within the culture the work is embraced or rejected, yet the artist must be indifferent to this. Advancement or decline will proceed in either case. What is of moment is expression and perspective, from which the future will spring.
