On the Sublime
This page is dedicated to my series ‘On the Sublime’. It is a trilogy, though I am considering expanding it further in the future. Please enjoy!
On the Sublime
“We cannot see the ‘real’ things with our eyes. Music is invisible, not seen by eyes. I think it is one of the few real things in this world, and it's the reason I will keep pursuing music for the rest of my life.” 18 year old Lim Yunchan (임윤찬), 2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition gold medallist.
On the Sublime II: the Sophist's Gambit
In writing there is a compulsion towards fraudulence. By nature, words misrepresent ideas; ideas are misrepresented by words. Authors misrepresent others, even themselves. Ideas and words take on new forms, metamorphosise kaleidoscopically. The author’s aim inevitably distorts—he lacks the authority to complete his
On the Sublime III: Paradise Regained
“Who among us has not dreamt, in moments of ambition, of the miracle of a poetic prose, musical without rhythm and rhyme, supple and staccato enough to adapt to the lyrical stirrings of the soul, the undulations of dreams, and sudden leaps of consciousness?”