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Piso Mojado
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"the world is a huge book filled with 'signs' or symbols-elements of beauty- which speak to our understanding and are addressed to 'those who understand.' The world is made up of forms, and they are as it were the debris of a celestial music that has become frozen; knowledge or sancity dissolves our frozen music and liberates the inner melody."
-Frithjof Schuon
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Piso Mojado
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pythagoras
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smurfus rex
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Wasn't it Frank Lloyd Wright who described architecture as frozen music?
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Piso Mojado
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Smurfus Rex- You'd think the answer would be easy to find, but no. so far as i can tell right now,
(1) "Since it [architecture] is music in space, as it were a frozen music…. If architecture in general is frozen music." German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling in "The Philosophy of Art", 1803.
(2) "The sight of such a monument is like continual and stationary music which one hears for one's good as one approaches it." French-Swiss writer Madame De Stael in her novel "Corinne, Or Italy", 1807.
(3) "Architecture...reminds me of frozen music." English poet Lord Byron attributes this to Madame De Stael in his journal entry on November 17, 1813.
(4)"I call architecture frozen music" German writer/philosopher/scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in his 'Letter to Eckerman', Mar. 23, 1829
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dreamer
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truly architecture can be considered frozen music, considering music waves can be translated into math into sinusoidal waves making up practically every form imaginal
but i'm sure that people meant it more as a metaphor for bueaty, silly me
but when i think of the term 'frozen music', i think of what the world would look like if someone pushed the pause button
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Piso Mojado
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no- i think they meant it literally
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birdmad
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Massive Attack, "Future Proof" for some reason i hear that song and i can imagine ice crystals as tall as people forming and breaking to the rhythm and melody
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