Originally Posted by
OrchestraInside
There's some truth to that... I'm not an optimist though, nor fatalist, not really any *ist. Existentialist, maybe. For the puposes of spending a lifetime on the Earth, I believe in the now. Music is emotion, and so are words; they are simply means with which to explore existence, dark or light, black or white. I like to explore whatever it is I experience, and I certainly don't believe in ignoring the dark to focus on the light.
If one does not wish to suffer, then one needs to accept both as they are. That, for me, removes the need to say anything at all; words are always a way to enhance something I feel, or a means to manipulate the world, or both. In full acceptance, I feel no need to enhance or manipulate, and therefore no need for words. When I do decide to play with words, I knowingly and consciously choose to leave the emptiness to experience existence in all its shades, to swim in the sea of light and dark - whatever happens to come with the wind. The dark is as inherent a part of the whole as the light is, and some texts may focus exclusively on one or the other - depending on the wind.