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I hear music all the time, when I commute, when I drive kids to various clubs, friends, and events, when they put music on at home, when I watch a TV show or a
by kleiba 1y ago
I hear music all the time, when I commute, when I drive kids to various clubs, friends, and events, when they put music on at home, when I watch a TV show or a movie - all that music was produced by somebody.
I like art but I cannot remember the last time I went to an exhibition. Certainly not since my wife and I became parents.
- johnnyanmac 1y ago"I like music but cannot remember the last time I went to a concert" That seems like a weird angle to take it, no? I know it's just an example but there is more than one type of artist, just as there's more than one type of musician. As simple as it is, someone needed to design the YCombinator logo. Art is everywhere as well, even on a site like this that doesn't host much visual media. (P.S. I do remember the last time I went to a concert. October).
- kleiba 1y agoSorry, I cannot follow. But I don't find your first sentence to be weird.
- johnnyanmac 1y agoI was mostly just saying that your comparisons seem uneven. You were comparing one specific part of art (landscape painting) to the entire music industry. There more ways to art.
- fragmede 1y agowhen was the last time you saw something beautiful though? Or just saw something and it made you think.
- neom 1y agoYesterday a butterfly got stuck in my pool, I usually try to save them. This one was trying it's hardest to fly but the water on it's wings was just slightly too heavy or something, but it was flapping really hard and making the most amazing ripple in the pool, I froze and couldn't stop looking at the ripple it was making, the ripple frequency and modulation was was slow and totally perfect, even tho it was flapping incredibly hard...but I also thought it's stuck and going to die, but I was totally fixated on the frequency and amplitudes. I managed to break my gaze and got it out. That was the most beautiful thing that made me think recently, I'm still thinking about it.
- aspenmayer 1y agoNow you’ve got me thinking about the beauty in the mundane. The real butterfly effect is the friends we make along the way. You saved the butterfly one time, and in the telling, you’ve helped save my hope in humanity. To me, these moments are as genuinely human as any achievement. To be human is to behold, and to be captivated thus.
- kleiba 1y agoWhy is that relevant? We're talking about the commercial prospect of making music vs. that of painting landscapes.
- fragmede 1y agojust because your eye aren't your ears, and you've been busy, doesn't mean that there isn't a market for visually appealing things.