"Meaning is the essence of an art." I can see why some would feel that way. But as a lover of music and art and as a songwriter, sometimes art that doesn't mean much of anything can be very powerful. I think really, when you boil off all the excess, the absolute essence of art is feeling. If art doesn't make you feel anything, then it can't be art. Some art makes you laugh. Some makes you cry. Art can be bleak and ugly as well as beautiful and transcendent. But it always makes you feel something. Just my feelings.
@@BeKindToBirds What? You think I've missed the point because I restated something in my own words? I don't follow. The point is very simple. Feeling is the essence of art. It's not meaning. Art can be meaningless and still be good art. What point have I missed?
@@PaulTheSkeptic You are missing what inspires feeling: meaning. There is no feeling without meaning behind it. Seems to me you got caught up in trying to outsmart Mr. Marsalis and missed the point he was conveying, it struck me immediately as the typical mistake of the young student but of course we are all young students in the end so don't get too caught up in the description. We all have been there before, myself included. It is nothing to be ashamed of unless you get stuck in it. Your own post sussed you out, you circled around it and arrived right back at his point: something without meaning cannot inspire feeling. You dismissed his statement as wrong and then verified it with your own deduction, ...you missed the point. I hope that makes it more clear, cheers.
Finally, youtube’s algorithm did something helpful. This series is pure gold.
Brilliant man, musician and educator. What a wonderful series. I love how Mr Marsalis genuinely loves all types of music.
Keep up the great work. These lectures are amazing not just musically but also in meaning. Thank you.
Its.. This... This is the greatest piece of anything ever made...
"Meaning is the essence of an art." I can see why some would feel that way. But as a lover of music and art and as a songwriter, sometimes art that doesn't mean much of anything can be very powerful. I think really, when you boil off all the excess, the absolute essence of art is feeling. If art doesn't make you feel anything, then it can't be art. Some art makes you laugh. Some makes you cry. Art can be bleak and ugly as well as beautiful and transcendent. But it always makes you feel something. Just my feelings.
I think you have missed the point to come back to it and re-state it in your own words my friend.
@@BeKindToBirds What? You think I've missed the point because I restated something in my own words? I don't follow. The point is very simple. Feeling is the essence of art. It's not meaning. Art can be meaningless and still be good art. What point have I missed?
@@PaulTheSkeptic You are missing what inspires feeling: meaning. There is no feeling without meaning behind it.
Seems to me you got caught up in trying to outsmart Mr. Marsalis and missed the point he was conveying, it struck me immediately as the typical mistake of the young student but of course we are all young students in the end so don't get too caught up in the description.
We all have been there before, myself included. It is nothing to be ashamed of unless you get stuck in it.
Your own post sussed you out, you circled around it and arrived right back at his point: something without meaning cannot inspire feeling. You dismissed his statement as wrong and then verified it with your own deduction, ...you missed the point.
I hope that makes it more clear, cheers.
you're arguing semantics when all you really need is to feel and to be felt...
@@BeKindToBirds It's just my opinion man. You can take it or leave it.
Beautifully said :)
2:51 (subtitles are little funky here)
Yeah, that audience definitely didn't deserve this
Brilliant ❤🇱🇰❤👍👍‼️🌎🪪🌎🏏🇱🇰
It was lost AND stolen.