M. Zachary JohnsonAuthor, Composer, Teacher

The Biological Root of Beauty

5/28/2017

“Beauty is not merely a sensory pleasure, but a sensory-spiritual one, rooted in our biological needs.” www.emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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“When we are affected by music, the experience is inextricably, and very apparently, tied to the sounds that cause the feeling—and those sounds are an external stimulus. This lends us a firmer sense of the reality of emotions and a clearer grasp of their identity, almost as though they, at last, took on solid material substance.”
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Overcoming Your Limitations

5/17/2017

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“Objectivity means knowing, and thus overcoming, the limitations of one’s own perception.” http://www.emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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April 30th, 2017

4/30/2017

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In most philosophy of music, “the underlying premise is that mathematics is empty, impoverished, meaningless, inhuman—that it applies only to the external, material world and not to the life of the soul. Math is thought to be contrary to spirituality—to, in fact, kill emotion.” www.emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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Man is Not Artificial

4/28/2017

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“Music is not artificial, and neither is man.” emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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The Highest Emotion Possible

4/17/2017

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“The capstone, the highest emotion possible, is not vexation or ambiguity, nor trite smiles, but joy as the summary of the power of the mind to successfully deal with inner conflict, incompleteness, and growth.” www.emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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April 09th, 2017

4/9/2017

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“Music objectifies emotion for us. It provides an outside perspective on our own inner states.” www.emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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Music's Means of Conjuring Mental Process and Movement

4/4/2017

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“It is the connections and patterns among the tones which are the content of music, its unique means of conjuring mental process and movement.” emotioninlifeandmusic.com

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