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278. The Matter with Things | Iain McGilchrist

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Music Is the Most Representative Art Form

Music is the most representational art form. The world isn't made out of objects, it's made out of patterns. And what music calls us to do is to attend to the harmonious interplay of the patterns of being and to bring ourselves into alignment with that. There is no higher call than at and the reason that music is meaningful is because that meaning really exists. They make our hair stand on end. Bing tears or eyes is a very physical thing em andso in that sense, itt is very active on us through what i would call bringing into presence something, rather than actually just representing it.

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