Each item really wasn't separate, they were connected by my mind, which creates the whole time-space-separateness illusion in the first place.
That doesn't really apply to all individuals in all situations. His dispositon that provoked him/her to ask this question, is obviously different.
In essence, yes, what you're saying holds truth. However, everything except time, ceases to exists, until realized. It is rule that exists next, and rule is nothing more than negative space that can only be inhabited by an opposing polarity (positive) -- or it will continue to not exist, a lot like possibilty or even magnetic poles. There is no possiblity without action, and thus reaction or counteraction. There is no opposition of magnetic fields, without reaction or counteraction.
If a person sits down with no preconceived idea, then like all things, there has to be a primitive start, to boot. It's only when a person has already developed a concept of form in their mind, that both rhythm and melody is realized, otherwise harmony would cease to exists. If all things where conceptualized as the same, or where initially all the same and not seperate, it would be monotonous...like that of the old monastery musics.
If I ask a question, have I already formulated the answer? Not really, I have only formulated a possible, a variable, a position that needs a resolution or counterpoint -- much like music or any artform, or philoshophy. If not, we would not have harmony, counterpoints, builds, bridges....we'd simply have an upward chromatic scale and a mechanical rhythm that complimented. In real life however we have to develop ideas, and this is the exact opposite of an "unified entity" that is only seperated by our "illusive" minds. It is the result that becomes the whole, and obtains space - and it is the difference in the seperate masses, superimposed, that creates the illusion of form, and thus positive space in time (or music in our case).
The only thing that is not seperate is unison, a common global bound of time. Without time, music could not exists, this is the only thing that is one, as time is the only thing that has always existed. However what shall inhabit time is a variable. An explosion could be contained in the same duration of time as a few bars of music, but surely it has no true melody. We could definately take a recording of this explosion and put it into the context of our notions (a song) though, but the song definately did not exist until we realized and percieved a use for the explosion.
Melody, harmony, rhythm, music, art, and philosophy are nothing more than conduits, proxies that allow us to lay form over our notion of time. It is thus our notion of time, and so follows space, that allows us to make art. Everyone has a notion of time, but not everyone can paint, make music, balance on the backs of horses, dance, et cetera. If melodic notion and rhythmic notion where not seperate, then we could all do these things, but all of us most certainly cannot. We instead have to learn to convey our subjective notions of all these things, to result in what is considered music.
Music, the combination of regularity and difference (rhythm), relation, reaction and procession, action (melodic, harmonious, tone). They are all indeed of time, but they are not (in my opinion) one. All they have in common is that they must exist through time.
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Ofcourse I'm not refering to the rest of your post, which I really agree with. I'm just commenting on the part that I quoted.
I'm definately not trying to thwart your ideas or opinions in anyway, instead I'm just sharing mine. You have a very interesting view, and I enjoyed the reference to the facts of physics and theory (which are true). My ideas are definately not "end all". Think for yourself, I enjoyed your thoughts. Thanks.
Xabiton, yes. Now hold your head in shame!
