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In reply to the discussion: Well, I survived the first session and cried just once. Pretty good for me. [View all]NJCher
(38,785 posts)that musicians pick up on the collective unconscious (Jung) and bring us interpretations of what's going on at the moment. I recall that around the time "Here Comes the Sun" came out, there were numerous other works about the sun. Something was going on regarding the sun or the symbol of the sun.
I listen to music and I find so much meaning in the lyrics. I listen to them over and over, finding meaning in them more and more over time.
The musician him or herself does not even have to be conscious of what that meaning is or might be. It can be interpreted in many different ways and still have validity.
As we poetry teachers tell our students: if you take meaning from a poem, you have derived the "right" meaning. That does not apply in all cases, but most of the time it does. Memorial poems, for example, are written with a specific purpose. Regardless, one can still abstract with them to other events and find meaning.
From this point of view, musicians are important to all of us because they give us points with which to interpret the human experience. I send out "silent thanks" to musicians just about every time I listen/interpret/feel what they put out there.
To your point, this is a very important reason to perform and it has nothing to do with "drawing attention to yourself."
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