Sunday, June 28, 2009

To begin this blog I am first going to write about the story of "the naked saint" and how this story has a very aesthetic theme through out. The story is about a man who lives in a cave and is constantly tormented by basically a ringing in his ears. He can't sleep because of it and this makes him a very unhappy person. All he wants is to be able to carry on a normal conversation with someone, but because of the constant noise in his ears which torments him he is not able to carry on conversations with people. The naked saint refers to the noise as the turning wheel of time as if because of the noise time just drags on very slowly for this man. This story takes place in a civilization where it is capable for this man to go his whole life without being able to hear music. Finally one day he does get to hear music and because of the music he gets cured of the ringing head. He loves the music and because of it he is freed from his earthly bondage. 
Aesthetics is a form of writing that is also looked upon as a form of modern art. This story could be described as far fetched, but it could also be described as morally correct and touching. There are many adjectives that can be used to describe the affect that this story has on the reader, but my point is that it is different in comparison to most stories. This story doesn't just tell about an old man and how his life was living in a cave. this story tells a story with may hidden meanings. Therefore this story is not only a story but also is a form of art. Which is basically the meaning of writing in an aesthetic form. 
Now the last thing that I am going to write about is the way that ancient Greece looked at music. Ancient Greek scientist looked at music as a science that was filled with mathematical equations and also had some relation to way the human brain responded to different situations. Greeks believed that music had the ability to completely change a persons attitude towards something. Greeks used music as a healing method for some forms of metal instability. Greeks would not categorize music as a form of art but more as a form of science that was a mandatory subject to be learned in school. Greek scientist would spend lifetimes just trying to figure out the true essence of music and how it actually worked. They would try different percussion devices and see how they could create a deeper octave and how they could also create a higher octave. Eventually they leaned so much that they were able to make a scale of which size drums or stings would register in at which cord. the time of ancient Greece was a time of self expression and this aided in the progression of music during this period of history.