Song forms call to mind emotional states of various durations.
Songs may produce intense bursts of short-term feeling, at best, and little, if any, perceptual change.
In contrast, a sense of expanded, contemplative awareness is the natural outcome of an absorption in extended, atmospheric works, purposely composed to create totality of effect, as opposed to transient diversion.
Songs may produce intense bursts of short-term feeling, at best, and little, if any, perceptual change.
In contrast, a sense of expanded, contemplative awareness is the natural outcome of an absorption in extended, atmospheric works, purposely composed to create totality of effect, as opposed to transient diversion.
