Personality

@ghdprentice - interesting! I read even more than I listen to music - I find Tolstoy's novels relatively easy reads; length doesn't bother me, War and Peace could have gone on for another thousand pages and I'd have been happy - the story was great. I find Dostoyevsky to be somewhat more challenging but both authors are such worthwhile reads. 'Light In August' is one of my favorites too, from my Faulkner period. I've never done an audiobook, though; I like to be able to re-read sentences I like. Currently finishing Mark Z Danielewski's 1200+ page Western ghost story epic, 'Tom's Crossing', that came out on Halloween. 

Yes seeing and handling the physical music brings more senses into my memory recall.  Once I put the CD down and start listening though the memories are the same.  My favorite albums and songs each have a specific memory or memories attached.  

Most appreciate your sincerity,frankness, simplicity and direct questionings...

Only a few "narrow mind" used to attack others posted their snarking remarks..

I appreciate your human quality and the fact that you were a musician...

 Thanks for all interesting discussion in the name of most and of myself ...

It’s sad that some contributors won’t take my posts at face value but presumptively must make assumptions and psychological constructs to explain them.

Speaking about classicals reading, i will recommend two very short novels, but which had the power to change your life, especially if combined together, because they appear at first  totally opposite on their view of the meaning of all human history...

The task which is assigned to us reading them , is to transform these two opposite visions of all human history in one vision coming from two  perspectives:

Dostoieveski  "the dream of a ridiculous man" 

Heinrich Von Kleist : " the puppets theater" 

So short they are they contain hidden half part of the mystery of human consciousness history...

task :  unify their seemingly opposite views into ONE ...

I learned text analysis at thirteen. I taught it after ...This is one of my imposed task for student.

A Clue:  There is hidden in these two works the secret revealed of the East and West relation and more even a better understanding of acoustics if we are able to relate these two "origin" tale about consciousness...

@mahgister 

Thank you!