[DOC] Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance Studies Reader by From Carysfort Press at Arts-Photography

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Being a musician can often be a paradoxical experience. On the one hand; playing music is a transcendent; uplifting experience that can take the musician to almost otherworldly heights. Yet on the other; the rhythmic connection of musician; to music; to other musicians can be deeply and profoundly grounding. As both transcendent and grounding; personal yet communal; playing music seems to touch on the supernatural and can be both a boon and a burden for the musician.In A Musicianrsquo;s Paradoxmdash;The Ups; Downs; and Ebb and Flow of Being a Pensive Musician; author and lifelong working musician Ty Kiernan explores the intersection of music and philosophy with a series of philosophical discussions on life; human behavior; music; faith; relationships; and the connection between musician and instrument...