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To: Dayuhan who wrote (25334)	10/8/1998 9:35:00 AM
From: Rick Julian	Read Replies (2) of 108807

Steven, I intentionally omitted literature and poetry because as evocative as they can be, even they reach a threshold where they become inadequate. I find the other forms I included are able to speak with an emotional and spiritual vocabulary that words can't. And I'm not saying words are inferior--they are different. For example, I don't think any prose or poetry could emotionally convey the concept of "blue" like the song "In a Sentimental Mood" does (even if one were to omit the lyric). No writing I've ever read has communicated the complex emotional matrix of mournfulness and spiritual optimism as well as Samuel Barber's "Adagio" does. No poem can say what an obelisk says, no prose what a Rothko does. Have I not read enough? I've read much, but I won't trot out my reading list, nor catalog my library to prove my point. I admit a bias. I make my living writing music. I believe my professional experience in a career of working with words and music has given me adequate fodder for thought. In my subjective opinion, non-written art functions on different levels than its written counterparts. If you know any artists personally, maybe you could ask them their opinions on this subject. Rick

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