The Value of Playfulness in Music

There's an idea that some things are best not pursued directly the ideals of the French Revolution liberté, a galité, fraternity and yet if you try to enforce them they can lead to their opposites. In Taoism there's a term called Wu Wei effortless action so there's a certain sense in which you can't be striving directly for beauty but if you strive towards something else beauty can be produced as a side effect. I also loved what you said about the value of honest expression over technical ability. As for writing there may be more of a separation than there is in singing. There's both content and form in writing maybe in singing too in the lyricsbut it's more