Cartesian Dualism in Music

Life consists of many dualities, all of which can be reduced to two fundamental properties. The physical and the mental, or in Kant's terms "extension" and "intension." Interestingly, this duality is most well explored in the arts. How much of music does one feel physically? How much of the altering frequencies directly trigger biochemicals in the brain manifesting emotions out of memories? Are such questions important? I believe so. The arts have unlimited potential in pushing humanity toward greater heights of meaning, existence, and unity with the universe. This means that the arts will be the next stages of science, technology, politics, and so forth.

As of now, the world is run, so to speak, mostly by STEM fields, economy, and politics. So what should musicians do to contribute to the sorts of premature state of society? 1. Truly acknowledging that doing music is virtuous. Doing music is not merely a "casual activity," nor a way to avoid homework, but it is as valid as "research," as well as "working out," etc. The spectrum between "valuable" and "invaluable" of music comes from abstraction. It is to be practical: output music, reflect, feedback loop, and then abstracting it to make it applicable. It is to explore, both physics and philosophy through the medium of our own existence.