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Mar
4
Everything Is Connected
Filed Under Mysterious Music, World Culture |
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I mentioned, before my last blogbreak, that I would try and catch some of the Barenboim Beethoven Cycle in London. Sadly for me, it was sold out so quickly that I just couldn’t get in. I did manage to get to most of the talks that Barenboim gave, however.
(If the American guy who kindly offered to send me his notes for the talk I missed, but forgot to, is reading this…. please, I would be most grateful!)
I will write more about this in due course, but, as with so many big principles, much of what Barenboim says can be distilled down to one snappy epithet:
Everything Is Connected.
Barenboim evidently believes that involvement with music has a large part to play in contributing to the kind of rise in human consciousness that will increase the momentum of human development. I think he’s right, and I’m moving more and more towards that search myself, particularly through this blog.
I think Barenboim continues certain traditions of thought established by musicians such as Casals, Menuhin and Leonard Bernstein. I think we’ll see a lot more of the kind of artistry that Barenboim represents in the future. I certainly hope so.
What isn’t yet being discussed enough - ironically, as we’re talking about interconnectedness - is the reflection of certain principles cross-disciplinarily over a wide and global range of sectors. For instance, the underlying drive that propels Barenboim incessantly forward would resonate remarkably well with Googlers, or other socially-aware technologists, I bet you. But as of today, there still isn’t enough cross-sector confluence, particularly regarding mutual awareness of the creative process.
But as technology continues to develop, so depth of information access will increase, and so awareness will increase, and so this will improve.
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