All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.
Interpretation
Music can evoke deep thoughts and feelings, prompting self-reflection.
This quote by David Bowie suggests that music has the power to resonate with our inner selves, encouraging us to reflect on our experiences and emotions. The act of stumbling upon certain chords implies a serendipitous moment where art becomes a catalyst for introspection and personal insight.
In practice
Sharing this quote during a music class to highlight the power of music.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
Nothing prepared me for your smile
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.
Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite?
It's a choice - there are two different sorts of photographer: those obsessed with the technicalities and those obsessed by the subject.
Instead of singing in the shower, I would write out the lyrics of my favourite songs, the ink would turn the water blue or red or green, and the music would run down my legs.
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the reader to step in and experience it as a story.
The sole art that suits me is that which, rising from unrest, tends toward serenity.
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