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Re:The Recovering Programmer (2010) by manapause on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:10AM (#24478332)
Your opening sentiment is what I believe to be the fundamental truth - but as much as I want to ask how you got there, I believe that would be cutting up the bird to find the song.

“Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comforted.” How can I work on comforting and disturbing the person in front of me in a way that elevates the both of us?

If one is engaged in appreciating, They probably aren’t judging? Sounds nice - maybe

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Re:The Recovering Programmer (2010) by noneeeed on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:34AM (#24478453)
"cutting up the bird to find the song"

That is such a good phrase, is it a quote from somewhere?

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Re:The Recovering Programmer (2010) by XVar on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @02:53AM (#24478542)
Seems like the original quote is from "Materialized Apparitions: If Not Beings from Another Life, What Are They" written in 1885 by Edward Augustus Brackett.

"Science may wrangle over the supposed movements of molecules and atoms, and the correlation of forces; may dissect the bird to find its song; but love alone shall set the boundaries of knowledge."

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