What becomes clear when analyzing the work of the three musical giants is that there was such a perfect transfer of experience to art that, based solely on their works, it is possible to say without hesitation which of them enjoyed a more harmonious life, and to what degree they experienced suffering, melancholy, and despair. The man of flesh and blood, to borrow Unamuno’s words, cries out through their compositions. This is authentic art, which inspires through sincerity and moves through its real foundation. Ultimately, we realize that the limit of technique is to express an idea or feeling with precision; after that, the impact of the work will result from the degree of identification it provokes in its recipient.
The Multi-Billionaire Elon Musk Recently…
The multi-billionaire Elon Musk recently said that “saving for retirement will be irrelevant” and, as if he knew what I have been doing and suffering for over ten years, he gave me some personal advice: “Don’t worry about squirreling money away for retirement in 10 or 20 years. It won’t matter.” No doubt, such words would have been very welcome on the happiest day of my life, and would have been more than enough justification for me to start burning through the little I had saved. But when it comes to money—and only money!—I am like Schopenhauer. And that means I am unable to believe the words of the visionary rocket engineer and space explorer, finding it much more plausible that, in a future like this, I will find a way to go broke. It would be beautiful, wonderful, to retire now and wait for the day when it will no longer be necessary to retire. Buy a little hole, light my cigarette, and write. Sitting in a rocking chair and gazing at the clouds, basking in the morning sun every day. Very, very beautiful… but I need another life to be able to trust a robot.
Allowing Oneself to Become Entangled…
Allowing oneself to become entangled in the web of tasks and responsibilities of mundane life practically seals, for as long as this state lasts, the possibility of the mind realizing how much is being wasted. This can only be realized later, with luck, when the waste has already been consummated. The positive side of the situation is that learning usually requires the mistake to be experienced personally; that is, first the slip, then the lesson. Without temporarily wasting itself, the mind does not assimilate the concrete consequences of doing so. But it so happens that, after a certain point, what was instructive has either been assimilated or proven innocuous, and the mind has either decided to transform itself or accepted to lock itself into an endless cycle of repetition.
It Is Truly Commendable the Effort of Unamuno…
It is truly commendable the effort of Unamuno to try to verbalize the feeling he experiences, perhaps discovered only after a careful look inside himself, that there is an indescribable force always present in the decisive moments of his life, in which he had to make decisions. Noticing it is not a simple task, and sometimes it is only possible when time passes, and the irreversible effects of the decision are drawn in the past. It is even more difficult to admit, since the evidence is concentrated in the nebulous field of subjectivity, which rejects the possibility of clear and rational understanding. The hardest thing, however, is to try to express it: words seem insufficient, never corresponding to the real feeling. To do so is necessarily to expose oneself to ridicule; it is to say something and then immediately want to take it back. Of all that can be said about Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, the most important thing is this: this book is a demonstration of courage.