Monday, August 5, 2024
The point of music is to listen to it. It has no other reason. The point of life is to live it, and it has no other justification. Like music, it has no point to it. However, we treat life like a means, as if getting somewhere is the point. If getting to the end of music were the objective, then we’d only listen to the end. What’s the point of the beginning, middle, and all points in between? You can’t toss those aside can you?
What’s your point? Truth is, you can’t find one. That’s the good news. The so-called point is to enjoy and live the ongoingness behind life’s unbreakability. But even unbreakability is pointless! You can’t get to the bottom of it no matter how hard you try. That’s because the universe is bottomless, so keep going!
My point is this. I’ll write in circles for the rest of my life and never get to The Point. If we could get to The Point, there would be no more to write about, would there? It’s pointless to even try to win. Just playing and dancing will be fine for now.
When you listen to music, it’s immersive. It’s moving in and out, flowing with varying emotion and dynamics. When you live, it’s immersive, and you are the everlasting flow. You can try to make sense out of it, breaking linearity into segments. But in truth, it’s all connected, circular, and unstoppable. Can you hear and love the music, or do you need to stop and make a point? If you stop dancing, the universe keeps playing music, inviting you back into the everlasting dance. You can’t stop it, so go with it, OK? It’s pointless to try to stop it. There is no end. It’s dancing with or without you – might as well join.