Ang. kompositören som bärplockare

På Kalles inrådan har jag sent omsider kollat in John Oswald och hans Plunderphonics. Här hittar jag i en högst läsvärd essä följande ljuvliga citat hämtad ur Spider Robinsons bok Melancholy Elephants.

Artists have been deluding themselves for centuries with the notion that they create. In fact they do nothing of the sort. They discover. Inherent in the nature of reality are a number of combinations of musical tones that will be perceived as pleasing by a human central nervous system. For millennia we have been discovering them, implicit in the universe—and telling ourselves that we “create” them. To create implies infinite possibility. As a species, I think we will react poorly to having our noses rubbed in the fact that we are discoverers and not creators.

Postat av Johannes 8:e mars 2004 kl 12:30