11 years ago

Has playing music given you a greater perspective on your life?

This is the 2nd time in two months I post something about Alan Watts. Why? Not that difficult to explain. Watts (1915-1973) was one of the first British philosophers that popularised Asian philosophies to the West. This because he was very accessible in his writing which made it easy for him to convey a fairly complex idea in a very understandable way. Besides that Watts was really able to relate scientific knowledge with the teachings of eastern and western religion and philosophy. He wrote more than 25 books about personal identity, the true nature of reality, higher consciousness, meaning of life, concepts and images of God and the non-material pursuit of happiness. Back in 2007, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, produced a series of flash video cartoons based on audio recordings of Watts. This with their animation collaborators Chris Brion and Todd Benson. One of the video’s is called Life and Music. This one basically suggests that people should live their life’s in a similar manner to how they would listen to a composition rather than focusing on and chasing the climatic last chord finale. You can view and especially hear the brilliantly made video HERENothing more to add right! WATCH-LIKE-SHARE!