Two Good Reasons

[prozak at anus.com]

> >>>I found Ada a souless book.<<<
> 
> I found ADA a work of exquisitely crafted beauty. It moved me as much as any
> book I've read. I will read it again and again. For my tastes it leaves PALE
> FIRE in the dust. As for its length, I never wanted it to end. I began
> rereading it immediately and enjoyed the second reading more than the first.

There's different types of soul. Some are very earthy, and others are 
ultimately a form of soulful pure logic. Some are in the middle 
(Kraftwerk, Bach).

There was once this argument made about metal, that it didn't have 
the soul of the blues, and thus was soulless. I pointed out to the 
(drunken) blues fan involved that metal's soul is not based in 
feeling and sharing pain, but in feeling and sharing the majesty of 
nature / life / risk / triumph / bravery.

He would not agree, but in my view these are different types of soul. 
Just as Nietzsche has soul, in an endearingly asocial way, and 
Schopenhauer does, in an ultra-logical yet tongue-in-cheek way.

Personally, I find no soul in the blues; it doesn't match my spirit, 
and thus is dead to me. That's not to say that I don't find soul in 
my own semi-competent pentatonic riffings late at night, but these 
are shaped by a different artistic impetus...


-- 
Backup Rider of the Apocalypse
www.anus.com/metal/
DEATH AND BLACK METAL