Uniqueness, individuality, in Music and in Kabbalah

[Jerry Green]

Glenn Gould said: " I believe the only excuse we have for being musicians, and for making music in any fashion, is to make it differently, perform it differently, to establish the music's difference vis a vis our own difference." From the opening lines in the documentary movie:

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
2009NR1hr 53m

Average of 37,573 ratings:
3.9 stars

Pianist Glenn Gould was known as a unique and enigmatic personality, and his brief life has long fascinated both biographers and filmmakers. But behind Gould's carefully cultivated image lurked a number of shadowy issues, including drug use. Through interviews and never-before-seen footage, the film carefully sifts through and examines the seemingly contradictory influences and motivations that shaped the legendary musician.

And, now the following has even greater significance:

Remembering the line from Proverbs that the human spirit is God's candle,
here is a little Chanukah gift from Rav Kook, the chief rabbi of Palestine under the British:

Everyone must know and understand that within burns a candle/lamp.
No one's candle is like his/her fellow's and no one lacks their own candle.
Everyone must know and understand that it is their task to work to reveal
the light of that candle in the public realm. And to ignite it until it is
a great flame, and to illuminate the whole world

Wishing you a Happy Chanukah and Thanksgivikah.

Blessings & shalom,
Yitzak