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Schubert's music gives us pause. If music only told us what we already know, we probably wouldn't get as much out of it as we do. We do not need to be reminded of what is obvious and normal. We rather need to be encouraged to ponder what is beyond the apparent, what breaks down the seen, what splits the visible apart. We want to know what we, at the moment, cannot.
And this is what Schubert's music does. Descending into the darkest recesses of his soul, Schubert talks to us about the deepest mysteries of existence, how we walk in a wisp, a gossamer veil stretched between us and the other side of time. He romanced eternity.
As do we all. Every day we balance, balance between presence and absence, perched on a thin line of reality and ultimate destiny.
Thanks, Franz Schubert, even if you didn't intend to do so, for showing us that life is bigger than life itself.
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