This reminds me of this beautiful bit from Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis:
"It seemed to me that I had tasted heaven then. If only such a moment could return! But what I never realised was that it had returned—that the remembering of that walk was itself a new experience of just the same kind. True, it was desire, not possession. But then what I had felt on the walk had also been desire, and only possession in so far as that kind of desire is itself desirable, is the fullest possession we can know on earth; or rather, because the very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting. There, to have is to want and to want is to have. Thus, the very moment when I longed to be so stabbed again, was itself again such a stabbing. The Desirable which had once alighted on Valhalla was now alighting on a particular moment of my own past; and I would not recognise him there because... I insisted that he ought to appear in the temple I had built him; not knowing that he cares only for temples building and not at all for temples built."
John Lennon was the wild beast of subconscious voltage. He vomited art from his deep soul. John had inner tension that created the subconscious sparks. Unfortunately, one of the most powerful motors of inspiration/great art is frustration/suffering which leads to inner rumination/digestion. Only where our intuition feels conflict, deep processing is done. The only other source of processing is conscious (or at least partly) which was done by Paul McCartney. He is mostly in control. He is inspired yet in control. Paul is an incredible creative craftsman (it feels wrong to label him like this, he is a genius definitely).
Yet i fear only shattered souls are often insane enough for masterpieces. Doesn't have to be manifested in deep suffering but maybe in restlessness or manic energy. Or "Weltschmerz".
Short Add: And yes, Paul is definitely the "cleaner, decent" artist. Some accuse him as people pleaser (i would rather say old school gentlemen). It depends who "is the god in the room" on which our whole attention is. Which rewards do guide our intuition, social rewards or the dopamine patterns of our intuitive pattern recognition machine.
A authentic priest understands that the sermon is not about him it is about the message he channels. The same with a composer, writer, actor.
P.S Thank you again for the inspiring article! :) Best Wishes!
This reminds me of this beautiful bit from Surprised by Joy, by C.S. Lewis:
"It seemed to me that I had tasted heaven then. If only such a moment could return! But what I never realised was that it had returned—that the remembering of that walk was itself a new experience of just the same kind. True, it was desire, not possession. But then what I had felt on the walk had also been desire, and only possession in so far as that kind of desire is itself desirable, is the fullest possession we can know on earth; or rather, because the very nature of Joy makes nonsense of our common distinction between having and wanting. There, to have is to want and to want is to have. Thus, the very moment when I longed to be so stabbed again, was itself again such a stabbing. The Desirable which had once alighted on Valhalla was now alighting on a particular moment of my own past; and I would not recognise him there because... I insisted that he ought to appear in the temple I had built him; not knowing that he cares only for temples building and not at all for temples built."
beautiful
John Lennon was the wild beast of subconscious voltage. He vomited art from his deep soul. John had inner tension that created the subconscious sparks. Unfortunately, one of the most powerful motors of inspiration/great art is frustration/suffering which leads to inner rumination/digestion. Only where our intuition feels conflict, deep processing is done. The only other source of processing is conscious (or at least partly) which was done by Paul McCartney. He is mostly in control. He is inspired yet in control. Paul is an incredible creative craftsman (it feels wrong to label him like this, he is a genius definitely).
Yet i fear only shattered souls are often insane enough for masterpieces. Doesn't have to be manifested in deep suffering but maybe in restlessness or manic energy. Or "Weltschmerz".
Still hope to be proven wrong :D
Short Add: And yes, Paul is definitely the "cleaner, decent" artist. Some accuse him as people pleaser (i would rather say old school gentlemen). It depends who "is the god in the room" on which our whole attention is. Which rewards do guide our intuition, social rewards or the dopamine patterns of our intuitive pattern recognition machine.
A authentic priest understands that the sermon is not about him it is about the message he channels. The same with a composer, writer, actor.
P.S Thank you again for the inspiring article! :) Best Wishes!
this is all quite well put!
This has planted an inspiration for me to write notes on a peice of art
yay