tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post5173849233105885880..comments2023-10-28T19:42:01.039+01:00Comments on Going fast, getting nowhere: Desert Island Discs 3Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-81644105085662572182010-03-09T23:12:57.751+00:002010-03-09T23:12:57.751+00:00I agree that you can appreciate the music without ...I agree that you can appreciate the music without necessarily following the belief system that underpins it - good music is good music, after all. But the closest I ever get to truly religious feelings in real life is either through music, or landscape. There are a couple of religious pieces I am going to post later which will illustrate this. Perhaps it would be better to say that music is the thing which comes closest to breaking down my disbelief.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743685798068014455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099099432720184584.post-33381195850051137682010-03-09T21:11:14.202+00:002010-03-09T21:11:14.202+00:00You can appreciate the music without being one iot...You can appreciate the music without being one iota "religious" - the high level chanting of the choirs in an Orthodox church is quite magical and coupled with the smell of incense is quite emotionally intoxicating and I can't understand a word of it (be it Russian or Greek)!Nikoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119901226987582553noreply@blogger.com