tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post5825379618549684843..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Why cats hate Mahler symphoniesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-19114393913793029932020-06-08T14:26:34.009+01:002020-06-08T14:26:34.009+01:00Lovely story Unknown. Please forgive my headline: ...Lovely story Unknown. Please forgive my headline: I've been reading too much Norman Lebrecht.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-54536846739469660642020-06-08T14:24:12.407+01:002020-06-08T14:24:12.407+01:00Our late cat Murphy (died aged 20) loved Mahler an...Our late cat Murphy (died aged 20) loved Mahler and once sat just three feet from one of the speakers for the whole of Mahler 8, only moving after the last chord had resounded.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05985424320111278660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-86284522521359302332020-05-28T16:40:17.191+01:002020-05-28T16:40:17.191+01:00I look forward to your next post, Bob. I'm syn...I look forward to your next post, Bob. I'm synaesthetic, and I have wondered if that accounts for the excessively assocative nature of my mind. Most synaesthetics polled say they like being so -- I am not one of them, and my associative mind can be a great blessing, leading to revelations, but also a curse that constantly sends the mind off on tangents and by-ways. It needs discipline. At the same time, people who know something of my involvement with music have on occasion expressed surprise that I listen to music with my eyes open. It is only that synaesthesia and associations together demand my mind be exposed to other sensations in order to grasp the whole. "...what we see influences what we hear", as you write. And so, I look forward to the coming post. Oh, yes, Mahler's symphonies. Expose a cat to the complete symphonies I suspect would induce a cat to leave home, perhaps appearing a touch rabid. I can think of one blogger whose obsession with Mahler sent him over the edge.Philip Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11739418522974972567noreply@blogger.com