The novelist can be questioned. The scientist wants you to shut up and calculate or follow. The philosopher wants you to accept his visions. To prove his vision is the one. — Mystic
I know hardly any music from the period of my youth 1970's and 1980's - I find it ugly — Tom Storm
I know hardly any music from the period of my youth 1970's and 1980's - I find it ugly. I too stick with 18th to early 20th century music for the most part. I find it more accurately reflects my experiences. I do listen to some jazz (Coltrane, Davis, Monk) and some Blues (Muddy Waters/John Lee Hooker/ Little Walter/Albert King). — Tom Storm
But the more astute novelists pick up insights consciously and unconsciously which correlate with actual human behaviour and motivations.
Amongst psychologists it's guys like James,freud,adler who also have great insights,but they are also exceptional writers,especially William James.
Even Nietzsche is great writer. Not your standard philosophical prose.
In contrast hegel,Kant,Wittgenstein,just turgid,with a few lines of oasis in a desert of jargon. — Mystic
:cool:I lost interest when rock lost its roll. Mostly jazz and blues for me too. The Chicago blues guys could swing. The later blues-rock guys not so much, with the exception of some of the Austin guys. — Fooloso4
:party:↪Fooloso4 Taste is a funny thing. I notice also that I have a strong preference for black artists doing jazz and blues but almost never white ones. Didn't plan it that way. Chicago blues is great and I often alternate Mahler with Howlin' Wolf. — Tom Storm
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