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[etherealhammer]

From immediate despair comes that lacking which, like Oedipus’ father, engenders its own murderer: hope. Murder the present with the future! Distance yourself from experiencing misery's immediacy by envisioning a future full of comfort and beauty. Take comfort in the hope that you shall one day remove the veil which has separated your soul from

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[enharmonium]

And with that, I'm putting on Mahler 1. Can I get a witness?!

[etherealhammer]

Amen! But tell me, is there any reason why you're putting on Mahler's 1st after reading that?

[enharmonium]

Hmm .. I think I just felt like listening to Mahler, and the 1st symphony just happened to be the CD that was right in front of me.

But to answer your question on a deeper level, your piece carries a message that I tend to pick up in just about all the Mahler I've heard. It has something to do with the unrelenting desire to find beauty and hope which flies in the face of everyday life and its miseries.