Meaningful Memories Take Effort

January 21st, 2010

I can’t stop listening to Yoshimatsu’s 3rd symphony.  It’s one of the most beautiful and well crafted works I’ve ever heard.  It’s a shame that so few people know about it when I know that every single person that reads this would be better for the experience.  I suspect that so few are interested because a massive amount of effort is require to enjoy a work like this.  We can’t just listen to a symphony, we have to consume it by listening to it, reading the text to discover its intent, listening to it again, inviting our friends to listen to it with us, discussing it with our friends to get something deep and rich out of the experience, and in the end consume it to the point of it becoming a component of our long-term memory.  “But Caleb, I’m too busy to do all that.” We do it with popular music all the time, why wouldn’t we want to do it with something that we know to be of a higher level of artistic expression?

Do we not have the time to make rich, meaningful, and enduring long-term memories? Aren’t some things valuable enough to put effort into enjoying? If we’re not willing to do what it takes to make meaningful memories, then we’re just contributing to the apathy of this declining culture.

Be part of the solution and make meaningful memories. I promise you that Yoshimatsu’s 3rd symphony is worth your time and effort. Buy it and consume it.  BBC Philharmonic Orchestra & Sachio Fujioka - Yoshimatsu: Saxophone Concerto, "Cyber-bird" & Symphony No. 3 - Symphony No. 3, Op. 75: I. Allegro: Adagio Grave - Allegro Molto

Please note, popular music is worth your time too. It simply demands a lot less effort. It’s like a great hamburger, but if it’s all you consume you’ll get fat. Take the time and effort to eat some salad and not just taste the dressing. Then invite other people to do the same, because things that go unnoticed will be quickly forgotten.

There’s a very serious spiritual application here too.  God’s word takes much more effort to enjoy then a symphony, because it is so much deeper and more rewarding.  Not only that, but you can spend a whole lifetime enjoying it and still make meaningful insights into the text.  Even a symphony can go stale eventually assuming you’ve consumed it.  But God’s word is limitless in its potential to give you rich memories because you are making lasting memories about your relationship with the King of the universe.  This, my friends, is worth a lifetime of study.

Make rich memories, because it will make you better no matter what you believe.

Send Caleb a message!

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