isn't it interesting how music and musical artists can affect our work? I'm another Loreena fan; the "etheric" or otherworldly qualities of her music seem to be particularly effective for my writing--not to mention the literary qualities of her lyrics (not just the ones taken straight from poems and plays.) Another band I find working very well for my current story is "October Project." Not as ethereal as Loreena, but still powerful and evocative and with unusual voices.
Heart of stone/heart of flesh. I often wonder how current and future medical advances are going to affect our society as we learn more and more to stop the body's decay, to stave off death. And how much of the heart of flesh involves accepting not just impermanence and eventual death, but accepting loss and sorrow and pain throughout as well. There are many who would agree wiht your Rolf that the heart of stone and immortality are best, no matter their cost. Yet do they realize that true joy many times requires knowledge of sorrow? What's the worth of something that you can't truly enjoy no matter how long it lasts?
Urgh. Sorry, waxing philosophical on your journal, and just when you'd determined not to pay as much attention to it as you do to your writing. That time issue seems to always be the thing; I'm trying to carve out at least an hour every day--should be easy, but it's not always there--or my motivation isn't. I wish you well in your goals!
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Date: 2003-04-17 12:37 pm (UTC)Heart of stone/heart of flesh. I often wonder how current and future medical advances are going to affect our society as we learn more and more to stop the body's decay, to stave off death. And how much of the heart of flesh involves accepting not just impermanence and eventual death, but accepting loss and sorrow and pain throughout as well. There are many who would agree wiht your Rolf that the heart of stone and immortality are best, no matter their cost. Yet do they realize that true joy many times requires knowledge of sorrow? What's the worth of something that you can't truly enjoy no matter how long it lasts?
Urgh. Sorry, waxing philosophical on your journal, and just when you'd determined not to pay as much attention to it as you do to your writing. That time issue seems to always be the thing; I'm trying to carve out at least an hour every day--should be easy, but it's not always there--or my motivation isn't. I wish you well in your goals!