The Gulf Between Form and the Formless
What is wonderful about music is that it helps man to concentrate
or meditate independently of thought; and therefore music seems
to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless. If
there is anything intelligent, effective and at the same time formless,
it is music. Poetry suggests form, line and colour suggest form,
but music suggests no form. It creates also that resonance which
vibrates through the whole being, lifting the thought above the
denseness of matter; it almost turns matter into spirit; into its
original condition; through the harmony of vibrations touching every
atom of one's whole being.
Beauty of line and colour can go so far and no further; the joy
of fragrance can go a little further; but music touches our innermost
being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfilment
of man's life.
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