If someone were to be playing a racing simulation game like Gran Turismo, doing laps and honing their skills, a person watching might get insanely bored, but the person playing could be in the zone, forgetting all their troubles, and highly focussed, while having a great time...

This is what I think it's like to hear someone playing Bach, vs playing Bach yourself.

I promise, it's incredible. It's not just some melody you might like to hum along to or not - there is so much going on on so many levels.

I wish for you to experience it.

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I’ve considered taking up the harpsichord.

Why not piano?

But can you play it with spoons?

Of course

It probably doesn't reveal to you the beauty in music's architecture though.

I feel no draw to experience this myself but I can get a sense of it through Parmy's description.

It would give one a sense of awe & appreciation of the mastery of skill required to both construct & then play his pieces.

It reminds me that we are here to create.