The vocal sense is the most important factor in the hearing of polyphony. One hears counterpoint far less in terms of its component notes than in terms of the transitions between these notes. - Ralph Kirkpatrick
2005, September 25
Myth and Man
From Reflections by Idries Shah, June 1924 - November, 1996
Myth and Man
Man is a myth maker.
Myth, when manipulated by unregenerates, is an even more effective man-maker.
Man (as he imagines himself to be), in general, is a possiblity, not a fact.
For most people, the sort of man whom they imagine to exist, or assume themselves to be, does not yet exist.




