All music is is what awakes from you when you are reminded by the instruments.
Interpretation
Music is a reflection of our inner emotions that is evoked by instruments.
In this quote, Walt Whitman emphasizes that music is not merely a collection of notes or sounds, but a powerful expression that resonates within us when triggered by musical instruments. It suggests that our personal experiences and feelings play a crucial role in how we interpret and connect with music, highlighting the profound relationship between art and the human spirit.
In practice
During a workshop on creativity, this quote can be used to inspire participants to explore how music influences their artistic expressions.
Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for a party name? I say democracy is only of use there that it may pass on and come to its flower and fruit in manners, in the highest forms of interaction between people, and their beliefs - in religion, literature, colleges and schools- democracy in all public and private life.
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
Now, dearest comrade, lift me to your face,_x000D_ _x000D_ We must separate awhileHere! take from my lips this kiss._x000D_ _x000D_ Whoever you are, I give it especially to you;_x000D_ _x000D_ So long!And I hope we shall meet again.
And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
If you want me again look for me under your boot soles.
The photographer's problem is to see clearly the limitations and at the same time the potential qualities of his medium, for it is precisely here that honesty no less than intensity of vision is the pre-requisite of a living expression. The fullest realization of this is accomplished without tricks of process or manipulation, through the use of straight photographic methods.
For me, choosing between fiction and nonfiction is really only about picking the right tool for the job.
Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.
I usually write for the individual reader -though I would like to have many such readers. There are some poets who write for people assembled in big rooms, so they can live through something collectively. I prefer my reader to take my poem and have a one-on-one relationship with it.
What I adore is supreme professionalism. Iβm bored by writers who can write only when itβs raining.
When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.
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