Stirling S Newberry wrote: >Tim Mahon wonders who said: > >>"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is >>impossible to be silent." > >The tide moves more sand than a fist can hold. It is better to speak >metaphorically about certain topics than to attempt false precision. >Perhaps the definition of music offered is inadequeate as a definition, >but useful for capturing the sense of the idea. Since I haven't seen it on this thread yet, I'll recall Nietzsche's "Without music, life would be a mistake." Walter Meyer