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filipeherculano··on Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?
I can appreciate that and I can still agree with that definition, could be just a semantics discussion. — what I call music doesn't sit well with what is music as defined by our language. (Taking the blame here)

I like to think music exists beyond humans and humanity. Maybe far out there in the galaxy or in some other dimension not yet seen. Not exclusive to us, not an anthropological view, maybe spiritual.

The fact we channel it to express our emotions is incredible, and I love it, I am myself a musician and I rely on it a lot for this matter. — That said though, emotions are deep and complex and there is too much loss when attempting to convert them into a message. — _Maybe this is why there's a lot of copyright out there when artists channel similar sounds trying to express their feelings despite never hearing of those others who came first? Think the language being both extremely rich and poor in terms of what it can offer for this_

It may be that I am being too philosophical about it and like to look at it outside of the human realm. — Similar to the classic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest_an...

filipeherculano··on Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?
Couldn't agree more, here's one that is quite amazing. - https://youtu.be/c46fr2EZOhQ (Adam Fulara)
filipeherculano··on Why don't they compose music like Bach any more?
> and just as I thought, almost everyone disagrees

I'm glad to be on the other side of this, I agree with you and can totally relate with you.

I like to view artists as mediums that can channel and manifest art, but that art stands on its own. Bach just happened to be the one in our lifetime to do that with what he discovered. — The strongest evidence to me for this is that art can outlast the artist every single time.

filipeherculano··on Konilo: A personal computing system in Forth
Random question: what font did you use to make that Konilo logo? It's gorgeous.
filipeherculano··on Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue it earns from searches in Safari
this makes me wonder if the "Here's what I found on the web." from Siri is intentional and not due lack of ability to parse and provide an appropriate response.