The Spotify Classical Playlist blog seems to suggest as much in quoting Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski’s claim, “people whose sensibility is destroyed by music in trains, airports, lifts, cannot concentrate on a Beethoven Quartet.” Substitute “Twitter tsunami” and “24-hour cable news” for “music in trains, airports, lifts” and the point may apply to our current cultural condition. Or perhaps our daily exposure to endless conflict has all of our nervous systems frayed raw, leaving us unable to appreciate the “countervailing forces” of music and literature that demands sustained attention. Handel Aria Con Variazioni: 2: Risden3: 1623: Sun 6:43 pm mcstock: Order now while supplies last (youtube 12 tone ad) 1: Joe Camel: 713: Sat 11:48 pm tmettler5: Killer live performance from Roy Hargrove 0: sheltong: 653: Thu 9:27 am sheltong: My MP3 Clip of A Mighty Fortress: 8: Matt Graves: 1790: Wed Nov. Perhaps it is a function of age, as Jacobs surmises, and the young are better equipped to bounce right back. I admit, Jacobs’ post resonated with me because of the difficulty I sometimes have as I get older in disconnecting from the constant stream of horror and triviality on social media-and of getting lost in a good book or a moving piece of music after witnessing spectacle after spectacle online.
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