(October 12, 2013 at 1:44 pm)paulpablo Wrote: Even in music and poetry you have to first still play the notes or write the words and test and experiment what they sound like.Babies respond to music without having experimented. You don't have to play music or write poetry or understand anything about their production or the author's intent to appreciate them.
I don't play an instrument and I can't read music, but I know that certain pieces of music make me feel things that help me understand myself better. It's a personal thing that is difficult to describe (perhaps like theists' experiences of spiritual states), but it certainly isn't a scientific endeavor for me to listen to music.
