Thanks, Karthik!
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Karthik Subramaniam <karthiksubbus...@...>
wrote:
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> Back with a bang! Good post AJ/Chord. Been a while since we heard from you
> :)
>
> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 7:47 AM, AJ <purev...@...> wrote:
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> >
> >
> > Was wondering recently that if I wasn't so impressed and amazed with AR as
> > a person....his cool personality, humility, simplicity, compassion,
> > integrity, wit, etc. etc., would I still love his music as much as I do now?
> > But, then again, I further thought that perhaps without those exceptional
> > personal qualities, his music wouldn't be as pure, sincere, honest, potent,
> > and overall likeable as we hear it now. When I hear Rahman's music, I also
> > hear his personality, and all the good qualities I described above. Maybe
> > because I'm so intensely interested in his life, his career......so devoted
> > to him, that the man and music are one for me, not able to separate easily
> > as 2 distinct entities. But, I also feel very strongly that Rahman is
> > exceptionally talented in bringing the deep qualities of his inner self to
> > the fore through his music, which is why his music is so emotionally
> > concentrated and loved so widely. This is surely a type of emotional
> > intelligence.
> >
> > Surely, art.....and music being an art, is an expression of a person's most
> > inner world......the imagination, creativity......all of that comes from the
> > deepest of wells within an artist. When we see, feel, or hear an artistic
> > expression, we are bearing witness at some level to a person's core self
> > uninhibited by the masked persona that we all are so pressured to give out
> > to the public world due to our various roles in life. Artistic expression is
> > really the self in its pure, naked form, which surely invites some degree of
> > stark exposure and vulnerability at some level.
> >
> > On the flip side, when I hear music from a composer who I don't
> > particularly like as a person gathered from comments, interviews, remarks,
> > etc. (the likes of Anu Malik, Ismail Durbar, Nadeem Saifi, Jagjit Singh,
> > etc.).....you know......the arrogant, egotistical, loudmouthed, self
> > aggrandizing types, it is unfortunate for me that those undesirable personal
> > qualities do have an effect on to what extent I can truly enjoy their
> > musical expressions, despite my best attempts to attune to the benefit of
> > the doubt that these are not inherently "bad" people, and the fact that
> > their beautiful creations are a sure testament to qualities of goodness
> > contained. But, in the end, the taint is felt......something that I wish I
> > could be ignorant about on some level. Recent example, after hearing Jagjit
> > Singh's bitter tirade towards ARR's achievements, his ghazals simply did not
> > sound as sweet as they used to be for me. And again, I admit that as
> > something personal to me, not an objective stance.
> >
> > The package of AR Rahman binds so many shades and levels of him as a person
> > and his artistic intentions. I feel completely grateful, on this end of the
> > spectrum, to be able to be sensitive to this bound, all in one expression
> > that combines the person and the creation within its symbiotic shell.
> >
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