But the symbolic system of a particular culture like ours can be worked out in great detail. It is thought about very carefully by groups in the business world, and is used very effectively for many purposes, from selling toothpaste to making films more satisfying. People are using or trying to use your responses to music every day of your life. You should become aware of these responses and the ways in which they are used. There is a third level of human response to music, a level few people reach, at least consciously.
Music is a fascination art to learn more about, to discuss, to try to understand better.
Somehow in our society, there seems to be some opposition to speaking of an experience such as the musical one in intellectual terms. This feeling is related to the idea that analysis is the enemy of creativity, that mind is the enemy of soul, and that meaningful experiences are beyond thoughtful analysis. In general, although we do not articulate the idea frequently, we seem to value the momentary, intense experience more than the logical, linear one. We some how suspect that to analyze the momentary experience is to kill it, and that analysis would not yield anything worthwhile anyway, even if we could succeed in somehow fixing the experience within our minds. This idea is false.